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Percy Bysshe Shelley, a revolutionary poet, novelist, and prominent figure of the Romantic era, left an indelible mark on the literary landscape. Although extremely talented, his life was one that contained tragedy. The celebrated poet died young but still managed to publish some of the greatest poetry of the 19th century.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, (born Aug. 4, 1792, Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, Eng.—died July 8, 1822, at sea off Livorno, Tuscany), English Romantic poet. The heir to rich estates, Shelley was a rebellious youth who was expelled from Oxford in 1811 for refusing to admit authorship of The Necessity of Atheism.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley. I. O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead. Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed. The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792, at Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, England. The eldest son of Timothy and Elizabeth Shelley, with one brother and four sisters, he stood in line to inherit not only his grandfather’s considerable estate but also a seat in Parliament. He attended Eton College for six years beginning in 1804, and ...
Percy Bysshe Shelley, född 4 augusti 1792 i Horsham i West Sussex, död 8 juli 1822 i La Spezia-bukten utanför Lerici i Italien , var en brittisk författare och poet. [ 13 ] Shelleys liv präglades av familjekriser, dålig hälsa och ett motstånd mot hans politiska åsikter, hans ateism och trotsande av sociala normer och konventioner.
パーシー・ビッシュ・シェリー. パーシー・ビッシ・シェリー （Percy Bysshe Shelley、 1792年 8月4日 - 1822年 7月8日 ）は、 イングランド の ロマン派 詩人 。. 小説家の メアリー・シェリー は妻。.
One of English’s great, scornful, scorching political poems was premiered in an unassuming place: the postscript of a letter: “What a state England is in! But you will never write politics.”. It was December 1819, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, then 27, was writing another pushily impassioned letter to Leigh Hunt, a poet, a radical, and the ...
