Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Paul Hamilton

This book is both a general introduction to and a particular interpretation of Shelley's thought and major writings. As an introduction, it stresses his seriousness and sophistication, his poetic brilliance and intellectual courage. More specifically, its readings emphasise the materialistic and corporeal orientation of his work in opposition to a traditional view of him as a Romantic solipsist, a characterisation some of his own statements seem to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746308183
• ISBN13: 9780746308189
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"