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This second edition is based on the authoritative texts chosen by the editors from their scholarly edition of "The complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley". Each selection has been re-edited, and the order of the poems re-arranged, inlight of re-dating or other reconsiderations. All headnotes are new or updated and many footnotes have been added, replaced or revised. The "Criticism" section reflects the recent renaissance in Shelley studies, the greatest renaissance since 1870-92. All 23 essays are new to the second edition, amongst which include the work of: Harold Bloom, Stuart Curran, Annette Wheeler Cafarelli, Michael Ferber, James Chandler and Susan J. Wolfson. A chronology and updated selected bibliography and an index of titles and first lines are also included.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #117780 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 816 pages

Customer Reviews

transcendant poetry
Percy byshhe Shelley is one of the greatest English poets, and this edition captures his greatness. Shelley wrote some of the greatest poems in the language such as Mask of Anarchy, Prometheus Unbound, Queen Mab, Adonais, Witch of Atlas and Ode to the West Wind. His influence is profound and largely unacknowledged, especially his influence on film and pop music. He his beyond normal literary poetry and in my opinion he is the only poet that really matters. His various poetry can be describe as metaphysical, cosmic, psychological, transcendant, personal, subjective, grungy, punk, progressive, romantic, mystical, magical, religious, historical, symbolic and value-laden. He is the antithesis of sad, limited, narrow, bitter, dry, reasonable poets such as Auden, Larkin, Heaney & Dryden.