In a strange house, "anything" might happen. In all the fairy tales Hortense read, the houses were deliriously strange . . . and now she was going to stay in one, with her grandparents!

It stood at the foot of a steep mountain -- three stories high, with high, shuttered windows. Inside, the old-fashioned furniture along the walls seemed to smile at her. A spidery staircase with dark wood banisters rose steeply from one side and wound away out of sight.

Later, a great tortoise-shell cat sauntered in while her grandparents were talking -- about ghosts! "That cat . . . he understands every word," Hortense said to herself with conviction.

She began to be a little afraid of the cat . . . for everything in the room disliked him, she sensed. The lowboy no longer smiled but looked rather solemn and foolish. The chairs stood stiffly, as though offended at his presence. The white owl on the shelf glared fiercely with his yellow eyes, and the firedogs in the hearth fairly snapped their teeth!

Grabo, while not attempting to explain ""Prometheus Unbound"" entirely in terms of science, shows the extent to which Shelley used the science of his day, particularly the phenomenon of light and electricity, in his greatest poem. Far from belittling Shelley's creative imagination, this aspect seems to reveal greater reach and profundity. Originally published in 1930. A UNC Press Enduring Edition - UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

This biography describes Shelley's life-in-thought. It dispels the popular conception of him as a vague dreamer and reveals a radical thinker passionately concerned with practical questions of politics, social abuses, and the underlying questions of good and evil, free will and determinism. The Shelley so revealed is a poet of greater range, insight, and power than has hitherto been acknowledged. Originally published in 1936.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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1935. This book continues the interpretation begun in "A Newton Among Poets" of the intellectual background of Shelley's poetry. The author's study of Shelley's Witch of Atlas leads the reader to the beauty and truth of thought which lies behind the beautiful imagery and meter of the poem, proving that in this most fanciful of all his flights, Shelley is a scientist and philosopher, as well as a poet.

1935. This book continues the interpretation begun in "A Newton Among Poets" of the intellectual background of Shelley's poetry. The author's study of Shelley's Witch of Atlas leads the reader to the beauty and truth of thought which lies behind the beautiful imagery and meter of the poem, proving that in this most fanciful of all his flights, Shelley is a scientist and philosopher, as well as a poet.

In a strange house, "anything" might happen. In all the fairy tales Hortense read, the houses were deliriously strange . . . and now she was going to stay in one, with her grandparents

It stood at the foot of a steep mountain -- three stories high, with high, shuttered windows. Inside, the old-fashioned furniture along the walls seemed to smile at her. A spidery staircase with dark wood banisters rose steeply from one side and wound away out of sight.

Later, a great tortoise-shell cat sauntered in while her grandparents were talking -- about ghosts "That cat . . . he understands every word," Hortense said to herself with conviction.

She began to be a little afraid of the cat . . . for everything in the room disliked him, she sensed. The lowboy no longer smiled but looked rather solemn and foolish. The chairs stood stiffly, as though offended at his presence. The white owl on the shelf glared fiercely with his yellow eyes, and the firedogs in the hearth fairly snapped their teeth

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This book continues the interpretation begun in "A Newton Among Poets" of the intellectual background of Shelley's poetry. The author's study of Shelley's Witch of Atlas leads the reader to the beauty and truth of thought which lies behind the beautiful imagery and meter of the poem, proving that in this most fanciful of all his flights, Shelley is a scientist and philosopher, as well as a poet.