The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Johns Hopkins University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley ISBN: 9781421411088
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Publication: January 21, 2005
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
ISBN: 9781421411088
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication: January 21, 2005
Imprint:
Language: English

Writing to his publisher in 1813, Shelley expressed the hope that two of his major works "should form one volume"; nearly two centuries later, the second volume of the Johns Hopkins edition of The Complete Poetry fulfills that wish for the first time. This volume collects two important pieces: Queen Mab and The Esdaile Notebook. Privately issued in 1813, Queen Mab was perhaps Shelley's most intellectually ambitious work, articulating his views of science, politics, history, religion, society, and individual human relations. Subtitled A Philosophical Poem: With Notes, it became his most influential—and pirated—poem during much of the nineteenth century, a favorite among reformers and radicals. The Esdaile Notebook, a cycle of fifty-eight early poems, exhibits an astonishing range of verse forms. Unpublished until 1964, this sequence is vital in understanding how the poet mastered his craft.

As in the acclaimed first volume, these works have been critically edited by Donald H. Reiman and Neil Fraistat. The poems are presented as Shelley intended, with textual variants included in footnotes. Following the poems are extensive discussions of the circumstances of their composition and the influences they reflect; their publication or circulation by other means; their reception at the time of publication and in the decades since; their re-publication, both authorized and unauthorized; and their place in Shelley's intellectual and aesthetic development.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Writing to his publisher in 1813, Shelley expressed the hope that two of his major works "should form one volume"; nearly two centuries later, the second volume of the Johns Hopkins edition of The Complete Poetry fulfills that wish for the first time. This volume collects two important pieces: Queen Mab and The Esdaile Notebook. Privately issued in 1813, Queen Mab was perhaps Shelley's most intellectually ambitious work, articulating his views of science, politics, history, religion, society, and individual human relations. Subtitled A Philosophical Poem: With Notes, it became his most influential—and pirated—poem during much of the nineteenth century, a favorite among reformers and radicals. The Esdaile Notebook, a cycle of fifty-eight early poems, exhibits an astonishing range of verse forms. Unpublished until 1964, this sequence is vital in understanding how the poet mastered his craft.

As in the acclaimed first volume, these works have been critically edited by Donald H. Reiman and Neil Fraistat. The poems are presented as Shelley intended, with textual variants included in footnotes. Following the poems are extensive discussions of the circumstances of their composition and the influences they reflect; their publication or circulation by other means; their reception at the time of publication and in the decades since; their re-publication, both authorized and unauthorized; and their place in Shelley's intellectual and aesthetic development.

More books from Johns Hopkins University Press

Cover of the book The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Pacifists in Chains by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Long-term Care, Globalization, and Justice by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Audacious Kids by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book The Traumatized Brain by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Murder and the Making of English CSI by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Postsecondary Play by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Critical Educational Psychology by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Taking to the Streets by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Crash! by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Mexico's Evolving Democracy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Fish Sticks, Sports Bras, and Aluminum Cans by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book The Dispossessed State by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Pathologist of the Mind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cover of the book Brides, Mourners, Bacchae by Percy Bysshe Shelley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy