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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Born

in Horsham, Sussex, England

August 04, 1792

Died

July 08, 1822

Genre

Poetry

Influences

Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley ...more

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Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and The Masque of Anarchy. However, his major works were long visionary poems including Alastor, Adonais, The Revolt of Islam, Prometheus Unbound and the unfinished The Triumph of Life.

Shelley's unconventional life and uncompromising idealism, combined with his strong skeptical voice, made him a authoritative and much denigrated figure during his life. He became the idol of the next two or three generations of poets, including the major Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite poets Robert Browning, Alfr ...more

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Percy Bysshe Shelley’s books

Average rating: 4.0 · 46,961 ratings · 3,384 reviews · 1,920 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Complete Poems 4.09 avg rating — 8,415 ratings — published 1839 — 409 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelley's Poetry and Prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman (Editor), Neil Fraistat (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 4,559 ratings — published 1977 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Theo Gayer-Anderson (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 2,764 ratings — published 1817 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Isabel Quigly (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 2,095 ratings — published 1913 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prometheus Unbound 3.76 avg rating — 2,143 ratings — published 1820 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ode to the West Wind 4.01 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — published 1820 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cenci 3.61 avg rating — 729 ratings — published 1819 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poetry and Prose 4.14 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 1951 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelley: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) 4.16 avg rating — 451 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adonais 4.10 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1821 — 162 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Percy Bysshe Shelley,

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Preface)

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Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley (?)

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

tags: kiss, love, nature

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“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

tags: inspirational-attitude, joy, poetry

2088 likes

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

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John Keats

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Lord Byron

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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William Wordsworth

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William Blake

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