Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the fifth volume of a six-volume edition of The Poems of Shelley, which aims to present all of Shelley's poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of composition are provided for each poem and all manuscript and printed sources relevant to establishing an authoritative text are freshly examined and assessed. Headnotes and footnotes furnish the personal, literary, historical and scientific information necessary to an informed reading of Shelley's varied and allusive verse.

Most of the poems in the present volume were composed between late summer 1821 and late January 1822. They include Hellas, a lyrical drama written in support of the Greek War of Independence, composed in September-November 1821 and published in February-March 1822, his unfinished tragedy Charles the First which he had been planning for several years, as well as important shorter poems such as 'The Indian Girl's Song', 'Autumn: a Dirge' and his 'Epitaph' for John Keats.

In addition to accompanying commentaries, there are extensive bibliographies to the poems, a chronological table of Shelley's life and publications, and indexes to titles and first lines. Now completed, this is the most comprehensive edition of Shelley's poetry available to students and scholars.

About the Author

Carlene Adamson was formerly Assistant Professor of English at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Will Bowers is Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Thought at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Jack Donovan was formerly Reader in English at the University of York, UK.

Kelvin Everest is A. C. Bradley Professor Emeritus at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Mathelinda Nabugodi is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at University College London, UK.

Michael Rossington is Professor of Romantic Literature at Newcastle University, UK.

Book Information
ISBN 9781138016644
Author Carlene Adamson
Format Hardback
Page Count 508
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 734g