[PDF] Shelley And The Chaos Of History eBook

Author : William Michael Rossetti
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Poets, English
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An enlarged edition of the original memoir published as an intrdocution to Rossett's edition of Shelley's Poetical works.

Author : John Addington Symonds
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780332111131

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Excerpt from Shelley August 4, 1792, is one of the most memorable dates in'the history of English literature. On this day Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place, near Horsham, in the county of Sussex. His father, named Timothy, was the eldest son of Bysshe Shelley, Esquire, of Goring Castle, in the same county. The Shelley family could boast of great antiquity and considerable wealth. Without reck oning earlier and semi-legendary honours, it may here be recorded that it is distinguished in the elder branch by one baronetcy dating from 1611, and by a second in the younger dating from 1806. In the latter year the poet's grandfather received this honour through the influence of his friend the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Timothy Shelley was born in the year 1753, and in 1791 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Pilfold, Esquire, a lady of great beauty, and endowed with fair intellectual ability, though not of a literary temperament. The first child of this marriage was the poet, named Bysshe in compliment to his grandfather, the then living head of the family, and Percy because of some remote connexion with the ducal house of North timberland. Four daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Hellen, and Margaret, and one son, John, who died in the year 1866, were the subsequent issue of Mr. Timothy Shelley's mar riage. In the year 1815, upon the death of his father, he succeeded to the baronetcy, which passed, after his own death, to his grandson, the present Sir Percy Florence Shel ley, as the poet's only surviving son. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Professor Alan M Weinberg
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,55 MB
Release : 2015-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1472465660

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New editions and facsimiles of Percy Bysshe Shelley's works are changing the landscape of Shelley studies by making complete compositions and fragments that have received only limited critical attention readily available to scholars. Building on the work begun in Weinberg and Webb's 2009 volume, The Unfamiliar Shelley, The Neglected Shelley sheds light on the breadth and depth of Shelley's oeuvre, including the poet's earliest work, written when he was not yet twenty and was experimenting with gothic romances, and other striking forms of literary expression, such as two collections of provocative verse. There are discussions of Shelley's collaboration with Mary Shelley in the composition of Frankenstein, and his skill as a translator of Greek poetry and drama, reflecting his urgent concern with Greek culture. His contributions to prose are the focus of essays on his letters, the subversive notes to Queen Mab, and his complex engagement with Jewish culture. Shelley's considerable corpus of fragments is well-represented in contributions on the later narrative fiction, 'Athanase'/'Prince Athanase', and the significant group of unfinished poems, including 'Mazenghi', 'Fiordispina', 'Ginevra' and 'The Boat on the Serchio', that treat Italian topics. Finally, there are explorations of subtle though neglected or underestimated works such as Rosalind and Helen, The Sensitive-Plant, and the verse-drama Hellas. The Neglected Shelley shows that even the poet's apparently slighter works are important in their own right and are richly instructive as expressions of Shelley's developing art of composition and the diverse interests he pursued throughout his career.

Author : John Cordy Jeaffreson
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2016-05-22
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ISBN : 9781358519239

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Author : Middleton S
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2013-06
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ISBN : 9781314386592

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Author : Denis Florence 1817-1882 MacCarthy
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781020512100

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This biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley draws extensively on original sources, including letters and journals, to provide a detailed account of the poet's early life and the influences that shaped his work. MacCarthy's engaging style and deep understanding of Shelley's literary context make this an essential resource for anyone interested in Romantic literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Cian Duffy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,7 MB
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521854008

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Offering a genuinely fresh set of perspectives on Shelley's texts and contexts, Cian Duffy argues that Shelley's engagement with the British and French discourse on the sublime had a profound influence on his writing about political change in that age of revolutionary crisis. Examining Shelley's extensive use of sublime imagery and metaphor, Duffy offers not only a substantial reassessment of Shelley's work but also a significant re-appraisal of the sublime's role in the cultural history of Britain during the Romantic period as well as Shelley's fascination with natural phenomena.