Look, the world tempts our eye, And we would know it all! Setting is a basic characteristic of literature. Novels, short stories, classical Greece and medieval Europe and the literary traditions the temporal and spatial settings of individual literary works, one can dramas, film, and much poetry—especially narrative poetry—typically inspired by those periods. Major Victorian poets, including Tennyson, map and visualize the distribution of literary settings across historical We map the starry sky, have an identifiable setting in both time and space. Victorian poet the Brownings, Arnold, Rossetti, and Swinburne, provide a rich variety periods and geographic space; compare these data to other information, We mine this earthen ball, Matthew Arnold’s “Empedocles on Etna,” for instance, is set in Greek of representations of classical and medieval worlds. But what does the such as year of publication or composition; and visualize networks of We measure the sea-tides, we number the sea-sands; Sicily in the fifth century B.C. “Empedocles” was published in 1852. quantifiable literary data reveal about these phenomena? Of the total authors and works sharing common settings. The data set is a growing Swinburne’s Tristram of Lyonesse (1882) is set in Ireland, Cornwall, number of published works or lines of verse from any given period, collection of work titles, dates, date ranges, and geographic identifiers We scrutinise the dates and Brittany, but in an uncertain legendary medieval chronology. or among a defined set of authors or texts, how many texts have and coordinates. Challenges include settings of imprecise, legendary, Of long-past human things, In the absence of a narrative setting, many poems are situated classical, medieval, biblical, or contemporary settings? How many texts and fictional time and place. The bounds of effaced states, temporally and spatially through allusion, metaphor, and other tropes. are set in other periods, such as the Renaissance, with which Robert he lines of deceased kings; Victorian Hellenism and Victorian medievalism are two frequently Browning was so fascinated? The data can answer these questions The map here is based on a sampling of poems by Victorian poets Robert We search out dead men’s words, and works of dead men’s hands; discussed phenomena in Victorian literature. Many Victorian poets and provide scholars with other insights into literary history. After Browning and Algernon Charles Swinburne. A prototype online version is were fascinated by the literature, history, and culture of ancient and explicitly documenting (in XML code, a database, or other structure) available at http://purl.oclc.org/swinburnearchive/vis/acsvis0002/. —Matthew Arnold, “Empedocles on Etna”
1 C 90 B 0 0 No. of Poems Poet 0 A Time Place Poet Poem Collection 0 D 2 1865 Oxford Swinburne Dedication Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1864 London Swinburne Before the Mirror Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1-5 1864 London Swinburne Erotion Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1864 Florence Swinburne In Memory of Walter Savage Landor Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1864 London Browning A Likeness Dramatis Personae (1864) 1-5 1863 Paris Swinburne Hermaphroditus Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1863 France Browning Epilogue Dramatis Personae (1864) 1860 Italy Swinburne A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860 Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1860 Rome; London Browning Youth and Art Dramatis Personae (1864)
The Algernon Charles Swinburne Project 1856 Paris Browning Apparent Failure Dramatis Personae (1864) 1856 French coast Browning Dîs Aliter Visum; or, Le Byron Dramatis Personae (1864) 1 http://www.swinburneproject.org/ The Bloody Son de Nos Jours Copyright © 2010 John A. Walsh 1855 Venice Browning A Toccata of Galuppi's Men and Women (1855) 1855 Italy Browning By the Fire-Side Men and Women (1855) 1855 Paris Browning Respectability Men and Women (1855) 1855 Tuscany Browning Up at a Villa--Down in the City Men and Women (1855) 1852 Paris Swinburne A Song in Time of Order. 1852 Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1852 England Browning A Face Dramatis Personae (1864) 1852 Dulwich Wood, London Browning May and Death Dramatis Personae (1864) 1850 Madrid Browning How it Strikes a Contemporary Men and Women (1855) 1809 Ratisbon, Germany Browning Incident of the French Camp Dramatic Lyrics (1842) 1 The Sea Swallows 1799 Paris; Naples Swinburne Fragoletta Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1795 Paris Swinburne Song before Death Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866)
A Face 1793 Nantes Swinburne Les Noyades Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Dedication A Likeness 1 May and Death 1 The Pied Piper of Hamlein 1771 Germany Browning Abt Vogler Dramatis Personae (1864) Youth and Art 1 Before the Mirror 2 4 Erotion 1 Abt Vogler 1762 Pornic, France Browning Gold Hair Dramatis Personae (1864) Apparent Failure 1 Laus Veneris 1700 Saxe-Gotha, Germany Browning Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha Men and Women (1855) Fragoletta The Laboratory Johannes Agricola in Meditation Respectability Hermaphroditus 1 1 Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha 1657 Fontainebleau, France Browning Christina and Monaldeschi Jocoseria (1883) A Song in Time of Order. 1852 4 3 Song Before Death Paracelsus 1 Incident of the French Camp 1653 France Browning The Laboratory Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845) 1 Christina and Monaldeschi 1 1608 Florence Browning The Statue and the Bust Men and Women (1855) Gold Hair 2 1 1 Paracelsus Les Noyades Paracelsus Dis Aliter Visum 1564 Ferrara Browning My Last Duchess Dramatic Lyrics (1842) April 1 2 In a Gondola The Leper 2 Sordello 1 A Toccata of Galuppi's 1 My Last Duchess 1530 Germany Browning Johannes Agricola in Meditation Dramatic Lyrics (1842) Up at a Villa -- Down in the City In Memory of Walter Savage Landor 2 3 1530 Würzburg; Browning Paracelsus Paracelsus (1835) By the Fire-Side The Two Dreams 1 Fra Lippo Lippi A Ballad of Life Constantinople; Basil; Pictor Ignotus A Ballad of Death Colmar; Salzburg The Statue and the Bust 1 Faustine 3 5 A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860 Hymn to Proserpine 1 1505 France Swinburne The Leper Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1 The Bishop Orders His Tomb Laus Veneris Rabbi Ben Ezra 1 Paracelsus 1500 Rome Swinburne A Ballad of Life Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) How It Strikes a Contemporary Fragoletta Youth and Art 2 Anactoria Atalanta in Calydon 4 Sapphics 1 1500 Rome Swinburne A Ballad of Death Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) At Eleusis 1 Eurydice to Orpheus St. Dorothy Erechtheus 1 1 A Lamentation 1 1500 Florence Browning Pictor Ignotus Men and Women (1855) Phaedra 1 1 Paracelsus A Lamentation 1 Artemis A Death in the Desert 1500 Rome Browning The Bishop Orders his Tomb Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845) Itylus Prologuize at St. Praxed's Church 1 1435 Florence Browning Fra Lippo Lippi Men and Women (1855) Satia te Sanguine A Christmas Carol 1376 Hamelin Browning The Pied Piper of Hamlein Dramatic Lyrics (1842) Aholibah 3 2 Epilogue The Masque of Queen Bersabe An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician 1350 Florence Swinburne The Two Dreams Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1261 Venusberg; Rome Swinburne Laus Veneris Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Christina and Monaldeschi Youth and Art 1250 Lombardy Browning Sordello Sordello (1840) Paracelsus Apparent Failure Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha May and Death 1200 France Swinburne April Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician Johannes Agricola in Meditation A Face Dis Aliter Visum Abt Vogler Epilogue A Death in the Desert The Laboratory Up at a Villa -- Down in the City 1135 Rome Browning Rabbi Ben Ezra Dramatis Personae (1864) Fra Lippo Lippi The Statue and the Bust How It Strikes a Contemporary By the Fire-Side 313 Rome Swinburne Hymn to Proserpine Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Sordello My Last Duchess Gold Hair Eurydice to Orpheus Pictor Ignotus A Toccata of Galuppi's A Likeness 311 Caesarea Mazaca Swinburne St. Dorothy Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Artemis Prologuize Rabbi Ben Ezra The Pied Piper of Hamlein Incident of the French Camp Respectability 125 Rome Swinburne Faustine Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Epilogue The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church Robert Browing 1812-1889 100 Desert near Ephesus Browning A Death in the Desert Dramatis Personae (1864) 2000BC 500AD 1400AD 1800AD 1900AD 66 Bethany Browning An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Men and Women (1855) Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837-1909 Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician Hymn to Proserpine Erotion At Eleusis Aholibah St. Dorothy Dedication 1 Bethlehem Swinburne A Christmas Carol Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Erechtheus The Masque of Queen Bersabe Faustine The Two Dreams A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860 Fragoletta 530 B.C. Iran/Persia Swinburne Satia te Sanguine Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Itylus Satia te Sanguine April Atalanta in Calydon A Ballad of Death In Memory of Walter Savage Landor Anactoria Laus Veneris Song Before Death 550 B.C. Israel and Judah Swinburne Aholibah Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) Phaedra Sapphics A Christmas Carol A Ballad of Life Before the Mirror 596 B.C. Lesbos Swinburne Anactoria Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) A Lamentation Les Noyades Hermaphroditus The Leper A Song in Time of Order. 1852 596 B.C. Lesbos Swinburne Sapphics Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 991 B.C. Shiloh, Israel Browning Epilogue Dramatis Personae (1864) 1000 B.C. Jerusalem Swinburne The Masque of Queen Bersabe Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1222 B.C. Athens Browning Artemis Prologuizes Dramatic Lyrics (1842) 1235 B.C. Mount Oita; Troy Swinburne A Lamentation Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1236 B.C. Troezen, Greece Swinburne Phaedra Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1245 B.C. Underworld (Greek) Browning Eurydice to Orpheus Dramatis Personae (1864) 1246 B.C. Calydon, Greece Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon Atalanta in Calydon (1865) 1357 B.C. Daulis, Greece Swinburne Itylus Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) 1399 B.C. Athens Swinburne Erechtheus Erechtheus (1876) 1420 B.C. Eleusis, Greece Swinburne At Eleusis Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) — Northumberland Swinburne The Sea-Swallows Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) — Finland Swinburne The Bloody Son Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866) — Venice Browning In a Gondola Dramatic Lyrics (1842)
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