Product Description

Shelley's life was short an turbulent, but he left behind some of the most beautiful lyric poetry in any language.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #783924 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 111 pages

Customer Reviews

Fantastic romantic literature for two pounds!
Honestly, what can you get for two pounds nowadays? Everyman publishers come to the rescue!
This collection of Percy Shelley's fabulously romantic poems is the perfect reading material.
Influenced by political radicalists Mary Wollestonecraft and William Godwin, Percy Shelley who was expelled from Oxford for writing 'The Necessity of Athiesm' is, like all the Romantics, deeply influenced by the romantic sublime - (hence 'Mont Blanc'). His interest in nature didn't stop there- Ozymandias is a quick think on how past cultures, magnificant in their splendour, can be reduced to nothing (very like Coleridge's Kubla Khan in thought).
In short, well worth a perusal.