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The Complete Works of P.B. Shelley
This anthology contains the complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley including the masterpieces "Ozymandias", "Prometheus Unbound","Adonais". Nicely formatted with capital letters, page break and interactive toc!
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language.
He became an idol of the next three or even four generations of poets, including the important Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite poets. He was admired by Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, Upton Sinclair, Henry David Thoreau's civil disobedience and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's passive resistance were influenced and inspired by Shelley's nonviolence in protest and political action.
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language.
He became an idol of the next three or even four generations of poets, including the important Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite poets. He was admired by Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, Upton Sinclair, Henry David Thoreau's civil disobedience and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's passive resistance were influenced and inspired by Shelley's nonviolence in protest and political action.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
1,623 books1,398 followersWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley, British romantic poet, include "To a Skylark" in 1820;
Prometheus Unbound
, the lyric drama; and "Adonais," an elegy of 1821 to John Keats.
The Cenci , work of art or literature of Percy Bysshe Shelley of 1819, depicts Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman.
People widely consider Percy Bysshe Shelley among the finest majors of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias , Ode to the West Wind , and The Masque of Anarchy . His major long visionary Alastor , The Revolt of Islam , and the unfinished The Triumph of Life .
Unconventional life and uncompromising idealism of Percy Bysshe Shelley combined with his strong skeptical voice to make an authoritative and much denigrated figure during his life. He became the idol of the next two or three generations, the major Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, as well as William Butler Yeats and in other languages, such as Jibanananda Das and Subramanya Bharathy . Karl Marx, Henry Stephens Salt, and [authorm:Bertrand Russell] also admired him. Famous for his association with his contemporaries Lord Byron, he also married Mary Shelley, novelist.
The Cenci , work of art or literature of Percy Bysshe Shelley of 1819, depicts Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman.
People widely consider Percy Bysshe Shelley among the finest majors of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias , Ode to the West Wind , and The Masque of Anarchy . His major long visionary Alastor , The Revolt of Islam , and the unfinished The Triumph of Life .
Unconventional life and uncompromising idealism of Percy Bysshe Shelley combined with his strong skeptical voice to make an authoritative and much denigrated figure during his life. He became the idol of the next two or three generations, the major Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, as well as William Butler Yeats and in other languages, such as Jibanananda Das and Subramanya Bharathy . Karl Marx, Henry Stephens Salt, and [authorm:Bertrand Russell] also admired him. Famous for his association with his contemporaries Lord Byron, he also married Mary Shelley, novelist.
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March 16, 2024
His best accomplishment was being Mary Shelly’s husband.
October 11, 2013
Embarrassing though it may be, I re-read Shelley's major works after the Breaking Bad episode this season titled, "Ozymandias." If you read nothing else, read Ozymandias and Masque of Anarchy -- very relevant in these times.
January 9, 2023
sometimes a little angsty, sometimes a little political. almost always a slay. i understand mary marrying this man
July 1, 2022
Better than all measures
Of delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found,
Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground!
Teach me half the gladness
That thy brain must know,
Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Percy Bysshe Shelley may have been a cad, coward & a man with a seriously skewed moral compass, but he was also an excellent poet. Shelley's view of the world from the height of romanticism often reflected emotions of the extremes. Either utterly rapturous, or in total despair, he was a man who knew little of moderation.
An outcast of society, often of his own volition, & largely overlooked in his own time, Shelley's writings persevere today because of the loyalty, however undue we may deem it to have been, of his wife, whom he preceded in death. As harsh as my own thoughts of the person of Percy Bysshe Shelley are, perhaps Mary knew his value far more intimately than any other. This we can agree on at least, he knew few equals & we may both let his own words prove his worth.
Of delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found,
Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground!
Teach me half the gladness
That thy brain must know,
Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Percy Bysshe Shelley may have been a cad, coward & a man with a seriously skewed moral compass, but he was also an excellent poet. Shelley's view of the world from the height of romanticism often reflected emotions of the extremes. Either utterly rapturous, or in total despair, he was a man who knew little of moderation.
An outcast of society, often of his own volition, & largely overlooked in his own time, Shelley's writings persevere today because of the loyalty, however undue we may deem it to have been, of his wife, whom he preceded in death. As harsh as my own thoughts of the person of Percy Bysshe Shelley are, perhaps Mary knew his value far more intimately than any other. This we can agree on at least, he knew few equals & we may both let his own words prove his worth.
June 17, 2025
It’s a little ridiculous to give a star rating to a classic poet’s life work. I feel like I have to explain. The quality of the poetry is of course magnificent in craftsmanship. I also think that Shelly, and Byron and that whole crew were kind of high on themselves and their ability to spin beautiful words. Some of this (especially the last of it chronologically) is really wonderful and resonant. A lot of it is just gorgeousness in place of substance. Not everything can be elevated because you made a poem about it. Sorry Shelly.
Anyway, it was good to dive in, though.
Anyway, it was good to dive in, though.
March 28, 2022
Read:
Hymn of Intellectual Beauty
Ode to the West Wind
Prometheus
The Triumph of Life
To a Skylark
Epipsychidion
Essay on Love
Essay on Life
A Defense of Poetry
Hymn of Intellectual Beauty
Ode to the West Wind
Prometheus
The Triumph of Life
To a Skylark
Epipsychidion
Essay on Love
Essay on Life
A Defense of Poetry
January 18, 2023
Aye-yo! This right up my alley.
January 22, 2025
What the hell is he on about. None of the things he is talking about are Real
July 30, 2025
Read this for the sections of letters to his wife and friends which I enjoyed more than his published works.
May 31, 2014
It's not you, Percy. It's me. I'm just not sensitive, educated, or patient enough to appreciate you. You have your admirers, so you won't miss me. Can we be friends?
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