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020			_a9780199538973
082			_a821.7 _bSHE
100			_aShelley, Percy Bysshe
245			_aThe major works
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2009 _aOxford :
300			_axxvii, 842 p. ; _c20 cm
365			_b12.99 _c£ _d113.80
490			_aOxford world's classics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520			_aPercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was a Romantic poet of radical imaginings, living in an age of change. His tempestuous life and friendship with Byron, and his tragically early death, at times threatened to overwhelm his legacy as a poet, but today his standing as one of the foremost English authors is assured. This freshly edited anthology - the fullest one-volume selection in English - includes all but one of the longer poems, from Queen Mab onwards, in their entirety. Only Laon and Cythna is excerpted, in a generous selection. As well as works such as Prometheus Unbound, The Mask of Anarchy, and Adonais, the volume includes a wide range of Shelley's shorter poems and much of his major prose, including A Defence of Poetry and almost all of A Philosophical View of Reform. Shelley emerges from these pages as a passionate and eloquent opponent of tyranny and a champion of human possibility.
650			_aEnglish drama
650			_aEnglish poetry
650			_aCriticism and interpretation
700			_aLeader, Zachary _eed.
700			_aO'Neill, Michael _eed.
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