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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was an English Romantic poet. Born into a prominent political family, Shelley enjoyed a quiet and happy childhood in West Sussex, developing a pass...view morePercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was an English Romantic poet. Born into a prominent political family, Shelley enjoyed a quiet and happy childhood in West Sussex, developing a passion for nature and literature at a young age. He struggled in school, however, and was known by his colleagues at Eton College and University College, Oxford as an outsider and eccentric who spent more time acquainting himself with radical politics and the occult than with the requirements of academia. During his time at Oxford, he began his literary career in earnest, publishing Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire (1810) and St. Irvine; or, The Rosicrucian: A Romance (1811) In 1811, he married Harriet Westbrook, with whom he lived an itinerant lifestyle while pursuing affairs with other women. Through the poet Robert Southey, he fell under the influence of political philosopher William Godwin, whose daughter Mary soon fell in love with the precocious young poet. In the summer of 1814, Shelley eloped to France with Mary and her stepsister Claire Claremont, travelling to Holland, Germany, and Switzerland before returning to England in the fall. Desperately broke, Shelley struggled to provide for Mary through several pregnancies while balancing his financial obligations to Godwin, Harriet, and his own father. In 1816, Percy and Mary accepted an invitation to join Claremont and Lord Byron in Europe, spending a summer in Switzerland at a house on Lake Geneva. In 1818, following several years of unhappy life in England, the Shelleys—now married—moved to Italy, where Percy worked on The Masque of Anarchy (1819), Prometheus Unbound (1820), and Adonais (1821), now considered some of his most important works. In July of 1822, Shelley set sail on the Don Juan and was lost in a storm only hours later. His death at the age of 29 was met with despair and contempt throughout England and Europe, and he is now considered a leading poet and radical thinker of the Romantic era.view less
Books by Percy Bysshe Shelley
50 Classic Love Poems You Have To Read (Golden Deer Classics) The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prometheus Unbound - A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mask of Anarchy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdonais Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Epipsychidion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSelected Poetry and Prose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSt. Irvyne: Gothic Horror Novel Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5
Audiobooks by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poetry of Wind and Rain: Poets wax lyrical on the elements of showers to storms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Top 50 Poems: Fifty of the finest poems ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ultimate Poetry Collection: Poetry of War, Romantic Poetry, Victorian Poetry Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Poetry of the Romantics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Poetry of Birds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sea - An Element in Verse Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poetry of Flowers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Autumn: A Season In Verse: Also known as fall, enjoy the transition of summer to winter in beautiful poems. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Poem A Day: Autumn - A Season in Verse: Poems to make your day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5