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Parents. Timothy Shelley (father) Signature. Percy Bysshe Shelley ( / bɪʃ / ⓘ BISH; [1] [2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets.
Jul 4, 2024 · Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English Romantic poet whose passionate search for personal love and social justice was gradually channeled from overt actions into poems that rank with the greatest in the English language. Shelley was the heir to rich estates acquired by his grandfather, Bysshe.
While the doggerel verse does not foreshadow Shelley’s mastery of the lyric, the subject matter of the poems is characteristically Shelleyan: poetry, love, sorrow, hope, nature, and politics. Shelley’s love interest in these poems was his cousin Harriet Grove, but their relationship was discouraged by their families.
Apr 2, 2014 · Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley was a prominent English Romantic poet and was one of the most highly regarded and influential poets of the 19th century.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, (born Aug. 4, 1792, Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, Eng.—died July 8, 1822, at sea off Livorno, Tuscany), English Romantic poet.
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose literary career was marked with controversy due to his views on religion, atheism, socialism, and free love, is known as a talented lyrical poet and one of the major figures of English romanticism.
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s death was shrouded in tragedy, as he drowned in a storm at the age of 29 on July 8, 1822. He was alongside his friends Edward Elleker Williams and Charles Vivian when his boat capsized off the coast of Pisa. Their journey was from Leghorn to Le Spezia in Italy and was fatally cut short.
