- Paperback: 880 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (8 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192813749
- ISBN-13: 978-0192813749
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.2 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 523,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This major new edition, originally commissioned for the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode, brings together a unique combination of Shelley's poetry and prose - the lyric poems, plays, longer poems, criticism, and essays - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Percy 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 asPrometheus 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.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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I think this is the best edition if you want a well-annotated text of Shelley's major works. The notes provided in this edition are excellent - I find that because Shelley was writing in a time of political and personal turmoil, I would not have understood much of his poetry without the annotations accompanying the text. A lot of his works are very personal comments on politics, religion, love, and require the background reading provided if you want to fully understand his writing. This edition certainly helps you with the various contexts, providing clearly explained commentary.
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Fantastic collecion for Shelley enthusiasts
8 Jan 2009
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This is a comprehensive collection of Shelley's works including plays, poems and other works. Recommend for the Shelley enthusiast, casual Shelley fan and anyone majoring in English (BA, MA, PhD...) very useful resource for myself, classmates and my professors (I am an English MA student myself.) Includes both well known works (Promethius Unbound, Ozymandias etc etc..) as well as some perhaps lesser known works (Mask of Anarchy...)
Very nice collection for any personal library, especially for the price.
Very nice collection for any personal library, especially for the price.
8 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Haha! I own this and you don't yet!
15 July 2008
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OK, maybe that was a bit mean-spirited, but it is just to invoke you into buying this book. It is fantastic. Percy Shelley is a genius. Very tongue in cheek, still wwwaaaaayyyyy romantic-y, quite deacadant. Buy it. You have to.
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