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P. B. Shelley (1792 - 1822)

poet, married to Mary Shelley, writer of Queen Mab and Prometheus Unbound

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Criticism about P. B. Shelley

Reading Shelley: A Problem for Late Victorian English Studies

http://vp.engl.wvu.edu/spring98/kearney.htm

This essay examines "the case of Shelley, a writer obviously too important to ignore in any treatment of nineteenth-century literature but also one controversial enough to raise doubts about the whole issue of treating modern poetry in the academic curriculum."

Contains: Criticism

Author: Anthony Kearney

From: Victorian Poetry Volume 36, no. 1, Spring 1998

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Shelley

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1337

A book-length critical look at Shelley and his works, written in the early part of the 20th century.

Contains: Criticism

Author: Sydney Waterlow

From: Project Gutenberg London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1913

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Shelley

http://www.bartleby.com/222/index.html#3

This lengthy analysis of the author's life and work includes sections on "Queen Mab; Alastor", "Prometheus Unbound", "Odes", "The Defence of Poetry" and "The Triumph of Life."

Contains: Extensive Bio, Criticism, Bibliography

Author: C. H. Herford

From: The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Volume XII: English, The Romantic Revival, The Nineteenth Century, I

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Shelley: An Essay

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1336

A critical look at Shelley and his works, in part concerning how his poetry relates to the Church.

Contains: Criticism

Author: Francis Thompson

From: Project Gutenberg 1914

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Biographical sites about P. B. Shelley

Biographical Sketch of P. B. Shelley

http://www.bartleby.com/139/shel110.html

This site, despite its name, provides a good deal of information about the life of Percy Shelley.

Contains: Extensive Bio

Keywords: life, history, biography

 

Percy Bysshe Shelley

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/179

Provides a brief biographical sketch of the poet, full text of several poems, and links to other web sites.

Contains: Sketch, Bibliography, Webliography, Pictures

Author: Academy of American Poets

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The Shelley Chronology

http://www.rc.umd.edu/cstahmer/shelcron/

"The Shelley Chronology is a hypertext chronology of important dates in the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is designed to function both as a stand-alone resource and in conjunction with The Romantic Chronology at UC Santa Barbara."

Contains: Timeline

Author: Carl G. Stahmer

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