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Informationen zum Autor JOHN WORTHEN is Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. His books include The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography (2014); The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2010); T. S. Eliot: A Short Biography (2009); Robert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician (2007); and D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider (2005). Klappentext Drawing especially on the many scholarly discoveries of recent years, this biography examines the life - and death - of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Based on sceptical historical investigation and featuring an in-depth look at Shelley's personal, financial and familial situation, it builds a compelling narrative about a controversial writer and thinker whose personal and philosophical convictions caused much turmoil during his short yet extraordinarily influential life.The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley reveals sides of the author not often studied. It looks at Shelley as an intensely loving, thoughtful and responsible man and father, who (except in one case) took exemplary care of the women he loved and who fell in love with him. It shows how significant his status as a gentleman was; it examines his poetry, letters, notebooks and discursive prose so that readers can comprehend the most important concerns of his life; it explores the financial and medical grounds for his years of exile; it is also the first biography to take account of his recently discovered early long poem the Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things.This biography offers readers a unique look at a famous poet, scholar, gentleman, democrat, atheist and tragic icon of English Romanticism.Drawing especially on the many scholarly discoveries of recent years, this biography examines the life - and death - of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Based on sceptical historical investigation and featuring an in-depth look at Shelley's personal, financial and familial situation, it builds a compelling narrative about a controversial writer and thinker whose personal and philosophical convictions caused much turmoil during his short yet extraordinarily influential life.The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley reveals sides of the author not often studied. It looks at Shelley as an intensely loving, thoughtful and responsible man and father, who (except in one case) took exemplary care of the women he loved and who fell in love with him. It shows how significant his status as a gentleman was; it examines his poetry, letters, notebooks and discursive prose so that readers can comprehend the most important concerns of his life; it explores the financial and medical grounds for his years of exile; it is also the first biography to take account of his recently discovered early long poem the Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things.This biography offers readers a unique look at a famous poet, scholar, gentleman, democrat, atheist and tragic icon of English Romanticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations and Texts xiii Foreword xvii Part I Background, Foreground 1792-1811 1 1 A Scholar, a Gentleman, and a Poet 1792 -1810 3 2 'Bit' 1796 -1811 12 3 Panting to Seize the Wings of Morn 1810 -1811 21 4 Printing Freaks 1810 -1811 32 5 The Necessity of Atheism , Expulsion & Debt 1811 43 Part II Lover of Mankind, Democrat & Atheist 1811-1818 55 6 A Shelley Business! 1811 57 7 My New Sister 1811 -1813 67 8 Tan¿yr¿allt 1813 78 9 Queen Mab : Shadows of the Dream 1812 -1813 83 10 A Rash & Heartless Union 1813 -1814 96 11 Mary Godwin 1814 103 12 This is a Vampire 1814 -1815 113 13 Alastor 1815 -1816 124 14 Geneva and Byr...
