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1	Shelley's Poetry and Prose more books like this by Professor Donald H Reiman (Editor), Professor Neil Fraistat (Editor), Professor Percy Bysshe Shelley add to wishlist Shelley's poetry has gone in and out of fashion since his death in 1822--first considered immature, excessive, and even incoherent but later judged by critics to be among the great poems of the English language. At its best, his poetry is unparalleled for its range of metrical experimentation, its moral rigor, and its lush, sensual imagery. He has ... see all copies from $10.64! new only from $16.95! \| SVS
2	In search of Frankenstein more books like this by Radu R. Florescu add to wishlist Radu Florescu dissects the myths behind one of the most mysterious stories written by Mary Shelley. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.87! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Shelley: The Pursuit more books like this by Richard Holmes add to wishlist This winner of the Somerset Maugham Award dispenses with the established picture of Percy Bysshe Shelley as a blandly ethereal character by projecting a startling image of the poet as a radical agitator, atheist, and apostle of free love, as well as a brilliant poetic innovator. see all copies from $6.46! new only from $14.84! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Making of the Poets: Byron and Shelley in Their Time more books like this by Ian Gilmour add to wishlist This dual biography examines the lives of Byron and Shelley, concentrating on their famous friendship. The story proceeds as far as 1812, when Byron became suddenly famous upon publication of CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.38! \| first editions
5	Angelmonster more books like this by Veronica Bennett add to wishlist Bennett's lush reimagining of the life of Mary Shelley--on the eve of her authorship of the classic gothic novel "Frankenstein"--is a gripping story of passionate young love, poetic history, and the most enduring horror story of our time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Cambridge Companion to Shelley more books like this by Timothy Morton (Editor) add to wishlist Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was an extraordinary poet, playwright and essayist, revolutionary both in his ideas and in his artistic theory and practice. This collection of original essays by an international group of specialists is a comprehensive survey of the life, works and times of this radical Romantic writer. Three sections cover ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $2.46!
7	Records of Shelley, Byron, and the author. more books like this by Edward John Trelawny add to wishlist In 1822, after having been discharged from the British navy, deserted by his wife, and as good as disowned by his father, the thirty-two year old Edward John Trelawny set off for Italy to make the acquaintance of his hero, Lord Byron. "I have met today the personification of my Corsair," Byron wrote in a letter. "He sleeps with the poem under his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Shelley's Goddess: Maternity, Language, Subjectivity more books like this by Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi add to wishlist This study assesses the importance of the mother-infant relationship in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poetry and life. Additionally, it uses Shelley as a touchstone by which to examine the rich historial and theoretical issues relevant to motherhood during the Romantic period. By combining psychoanalytic, post-structuralist and feminist theory with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Samuel Johnson: A Biography more books like this by Mr. Peter Martin add to wishlist Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, critic, conversationalist and wit, Dr Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. Our view of Johnson has been overwhelmingly shaped by James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, published in 1791, the most famous biography in the ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $21.75! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Skepticism & Ideology: Shelley's Political Prose and Its Philosophical Context from Bacon to Marx more books like this by Terence A. Hoagwood add to wishlist see all copies from $5.39! new only from $7.98! \| first editions
11	Ariel: The Life of Shelley more books like this by Andrbe Maurois, Andre Maurois, Ella D'Arcy (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Shelley and the Revolutionary Sublime more books like this by Cian Duffy add to wishlist A major new study of Percy Shelley's intellectual life and poetic career, Shelley and the Revolutionary Sublime identifies Shelley's fascination with sublime natural phenomena as a key element in his understanding of the way ideas like 'nature' and 'imagination' informed the social and political structures of the Romantic period. Offering a ... see all copies from $33.69! new only from $33.69! \| SVS
13	Shelley, a life story more books like this by Edmund Charles Blunden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography more books like this by Hermione Lee add to wishlist Including a consideration of the absurdly inappropriate nose given to Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in the 2003 film of THE HOURS, Hermione Lee (a noted biographer of many writers, including Woolf) tackles the whole question of biography in this collection of four trenchant essays. Her subjects range from the famous nose to Jane Austen's ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Shelley: A Critical Reading more books like this by Earl R Wasserman add to wishlist Concentrating on the major poems, Earl R. Wasserman provides a comprehensive critical reading that is organized in terms of conceptual structure of Shelley's work. This achronological structure originates in the poet's contradictory impulses toward wordly perfection and an ideal postmortal existence. Through analyses of discrete poems- the proper ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.24! \| SVS
16	In the Household of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poems more books like this by Robert Cooperman add to wishlist Using a series of dramatic monologues and verse letters, Robert Cooperman explores the public and private personae ("the truth beyond facts/that merely clutter") of the poet and political thinker Percy Bysshe Shelley. In poems rich with period detail and psychological insight, Cooperman reveals Shelley as a man torn by the desire for greatness, ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $22.34! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Shelley's Process: Radical Transference and the Development of His Major Works more books like this by Professor Jerrold E Hogle add to wishlist In this set of thorough and revisionary readings of Percy Shelley's best known writings in prose and verse, Hogle argues that the logic and style in all these works are governed by a movement in every thought, memory, image, or word-pattern whereby each is seen and sees itself in terms of a radically different form. For any specified entity or ... see all copies from $16.19! new only from $76.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Biography more books like this by James Bieri add to wishlist This major biography of Shelley, England's most radical and controversial Romantic poet, is the first to appear in thirty years. Informed by the author's extensive research, psychological insight, and recent scholarship on Shelley and his circle, the biography stresses the intimate relationship between the poet's writing and his complex ... see all copies from $27.31! new only from $27.31! \| SVS
19 view cover	A Preface to Shelley more books like this by Patricia Hodgart add to wishlist Discusses the life and work of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the social and political context of the world and time in which he lived. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.69! \| first editions
20 view cover	Percy Shelley more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Percy Shelley left an indelible mark on English romantic poetry with his enduring works, including "Ozymandias," "To a Skylark," and "Ode to the West Wind." Esteemed scholar Harold Bloom states that Shelley, though at heart a skeptic and not a Platonic visionary, nevertheless broke through to a Gnostic vision of his own. His evolving critical ... see all copies from $13.59! new only from $31.34! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Three Literary Friendships: Byron & Shelley, Rimbaud & Verlaine, Robert Frost & Edward Thomas more books like this by John Lehmann add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions
22 view cover	Shelley : lyrical visionary more books like this by K. E. Sullivan add to wishlist - Handsome introductions to the world's greatest poets - Covers their most popular and their lesser known works - Decorated with illustrations, paintings, and woodcuts see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95!
23 view cover	Shelley and the Sublime more books like this by Angela Leighton add to wishlist This book presents a major reassessment of Shelley's poetry. Whereas other criticism has stressed the philosophical and political concerns of his poetry in isolation, Angela Leighton argues that Shelley's philosophy and politics are presented as problems of poetic utterance and are this inseparable from his aesthetics. The author begins by tracing ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $25.86! \| SVS
24 view cover	Romantic Identities: Varieties of Subjectivity, 1774-1830 more books like this by Andrea K Henderson, James Chandler (Editor), Marilyn Butler (Editor) add to wishlist One of the defining features of Romantic writing, critics have long agreed, is its characterization of the self in terms of psychological depth. Many Romantic writers, however, did not conceive of the self in this way, and in Romantic Identities Andrea K. Henderson investigates that part of Romantic writing that challenges the 'depth' model, or ... see all copies from $41.74! new only from $41.74! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Making of the Poets more books like this by Ian Hedworth John L Gilmour add to wishlist This dual biography examines the lives of Byron and Shelley, concentrating on their famous friendship. The story proceeds as far as 1812, when Byron became suddenly famous upon publication of CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE. see all copies from $4.20! new only from $34.74! \| first editions

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