Percy Bysshe Shelley : poet and revolutionary / Jacqueline Mulhallen.
| Author/creator |
Mulhallen, Jacqueline author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London : Pluto Press, [2015] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2015 |
| Description | xiv, 170 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Revolutionary lives Revolutionary lives. ^A1192021 |
| Contents | Shelley's family background and education : 1792-1811 -- The Lake District, Ireland, and Devon : 1811-13 -- Tremadog, Queen Mab, and the 'Hermit of Marlow' : 1813-18 -- Italy and Shelley's Annus Mirabilis : 1818-19 -- Satire and drama : 1819-22 -- The legacy of a revolutionary. |
| Abstract | This biography explores the foundations of Shelley's revolutionary poetics--his anger at a system in which the rich lived luxuriously at the expense of the poor and oppressed, causing war, colonialism, and suffering. An anti-monarchist and a forerunner of civil disobedience, Shelley's poetry was considered blasphemous and seditious, and was pirated by the radical press to reach new working class audiences. His revolutionary ideals were espoused by all those fighting for a more equal society, and his work inspired radical movements and thinkers, including the Chartists, Marx, and Gandhi. Today, his words are still used, from Tiananmen Square to the anti-austerity struggles across Europe.--Publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| ISBN | 9780745334622 Hardback |
| ISBN | 0745334628 Hardback |
| ISBN | 9780745334615 Paperback |
| ISBN | 074533461X Paperback |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR5442 .E85 M85 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |