Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Literary Life
1989. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-333-44705-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

Reihe: Literary Lives

In 'Percy Bysshe Shelly: A Literary Life', Michael O'Neill gives a knowledgeable and balanced account of Shelley's literary career from his earliest published work to his last unfinished masterpiece, The Triumph of Life. The book draws on recent research about the poet and his age, but its sense of the ways in which texts and contexts interact is sharply independent. Issues discussed include Shelley's social background, his radical politics and his complex response to Enlightenment rationalism. O'Neill stresses Shelley's often disappointed search for an audience, connecting it with the growing sophistication of his poetry and poetics. For Shelley, a poet was the 'combined product' of 'internal powers' and 'external influences' (Preface to Prometheus Unbound ); this book explores how such a combination manifests itself in his own writings.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Neill, Michael

Dutton, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Note on Texts and Abbreviations Introduction: 'Internal Powers' and 'External Influences' 1810-1816: 'Breathing Hatred to Government & Religion' 1816-1818: 'Truth's Deathless Voice' 1818-1819: 'Beyond the Present and Tangible Object' 1819-1820: 'The Torrent of My Indignation' 1820-1822: 'Where the Eternal are' Notes Further Reading Index

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL O'NEILL lectures in English at the University of Durham. He is the author of and (forthcoming), a collection of poems. He is an editor of .