Percy Bysshe Shelley - A Literary Life (Hardcover)

In Percy Bysshe Shelley: 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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literary Lives
Release date:	October 1989
First published:	1989
Authors:	Michael O'Neill
Editors:	Richard Dutton
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-44704-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Promotions
LSN:	0-333-44704-2
Barcode:	9780333447048

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