{"product_id":"the-life-of-percy-bysshe-shelley-9781118534045","title":"The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing especially on the many scholarly discoveries of recent years, this biography examines the life - and death ‒ of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Based on sceptical historical investigation and featuring an in-depth look at Shelley's personal, financial and familial situation, it builds a compelling narrative about a controversial writer and thinker whose personal and philosophical convictions caused much turmoil during his short yet extraordinarily influential life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e reveals sides of the author not often studied. It looks at Shelley as an intensely loving, thoughtful and responsible man and father, who (except in one case) took exemplary care of the women he loved and who fell in love with him. It shows how significant his status as a gentleman was; it examines his poetry, letters, notebooks and discursive prose so that readers can comprehend the most important concerns of his life; it explores the financial and medical grounds for his years of exile; it is also the first biography to take account of his recently discovered early long poem the \u003ci\u003ePoetical Essay on the Existing State of Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis biography offers readers a unique look at a famous poet, scholar, gentleman, democrat, atheist and tragic icon of English Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Worthen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118534045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN WORTHEN is Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u003c\/i\u003e (2010); \u003ci\u003eT. S. Eliot: A Short Biography\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); \u003ci\u003eRobert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); and \u003ci\u003eD. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40867931947123,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":191.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_79105802-b7f0-4cc4-addf-393274543516.jpg?v=1688044962","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-life-of-percy-bysshe-shelley-9781118534045","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}