A Defence of Poetry

A Defence of Poetry
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1965
Genre: Literary Criticism
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Shelley's Poetry and Prose

Shelley's Poetry and Prose
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: Digireads.com
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: English poetry
ISBN: 9781420950779

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) quickly rose to the high ranks of the Romantic Movement with his pure and moving lyric verse. Born in Sussex, England, he became a visionary and highly influential Romantic in search of truth and beauty. Shelley maintained a close circle of literary friends, including Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, and Leigh Hunt. A master of versification, imagery, tone, and symbolism, Shelley's poems propelled an entire era of English literature into the next century. This volume collects a diverse range of his work, representative of his great range and depth as a poet. Here we encounter "Ozymandias," "Prometheus Unbound," "Adonais," "To a Skylark," "Helas," "Ode to the West Wind," and many more. Along with Lord Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, Shelley would help propel Romanticism to its peak, paving the way for Victorian poetry and eventually 20th century modernism. Shelley's influence is undeniable and far-reaching. His lines, subtle and complex, fleeting and permanent, name and grasp beauty in an attempt at transcendence through the sublimeness of the natural world.

Queen Mab

Queen Mab
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1820
Genre:
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