Percy Bysshe Shelley

The book ""Percy Bysshe Shelley"" by John Addington Symonds is a comprehensive biography of the famous English Romantic poet. The book delves into Shelley's life, from his childhood and education to his tumultuous marriage to Mary Shelley and his tragic death at the age of 29. Symonds explores Shelley's literary works in depth, including his poetry and prose, as well as his political and philosophical beliefs. He also examines the cultural and historical context of Shelley's life, including the social and political upheavals of the time, such as the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.Throughout the book, Symonds provides a nuanced and sensitive portrait of Shelley, highlighting his creative genius, his idealism, and his complex personality. He also explores Shelley's relationships with other literary figures of the time, such as Lord Byron and John Keats.Overall, ""Percy Bysshe Shelley"" is a compelling and insightful biography that offers a deep understanding of one of the most important poets of the Romantic era.A glimpse into the cottage at Great Marlow is afforded by a careless sentence of Leigh Hunt's. ""He used to sit in a study adorned with casts, as large as life, of the Vatican Apollo and the celestial Venus."" Fancy Shelley with his bright eyes and elf-locks in a tiny, low-roofed room, correcting proofs of ""Laon and Cythna"", between the Apollo of the Belvedere and Venus de' Medici, life-sized, and as crude as casts by Shout could make them!This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.