Notes To The Complete Poetical Works Of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Hardcover

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1169208916 ISBN 13: 9781169208919

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

""Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley"" is a collection of annotations and commentary written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the wife of the famous Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The book is intended as a companion to Shelley's complete works, providing readers with insight into the context, themes, and literary devices used in his poetry. The annotations cover a wide range of topics, including Shelley's political and philosophical beliefs, his personal life, and his literary influences. The book also includes a detailed introduction by Mary Shelley, in which she discusses her husband's life and work, as well as the process of editing and publishing his poetry after his death. Overall, ""Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley"" is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the life and work of one of the most important poets of the Romantic era.Shelley possessed two remarkable qualities of intellect--a brilliant imagination, and a logical exactness of reason. His inclinations led him (he fancied) almost alike to poetry and metaphysical discussions. I say 'he fancied, ' because I believe the former to have been paramount, and that it would have gained the mastery even had he struggled against it.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.

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About the Author

Mary Shelley was born the child of two of the most famous free-thinking intellectuals then living, and she eloped with one of the greatest poets of the age. She wrote her great novel, Frankenstein, about human monstrosity as part of a contest between friends during a trip to Switzerland in 1814, at a time when she was consistently either pregnant, nursing, or mourning a dead child, and also struggling with her husband's debt and pursuit of sexual relationships with other women.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1169208916
• ISBN 13: 9781169208919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 54