Percy Bysshe Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Narrator: Bertie Carvel

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 03/03/2008


Synopsis

Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical and, of course, poet – Percy Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately-held and highly unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted in social exclusion, exile, and possibly even his premature death at the age of twenty-nine. His work is a monument to his convictions and to the power of the human spirit, and today it is recognised as a key contribution to Romantic literature. This anthology contains many of his best-known poems, including Ozymandias, The Mask of Anarchy and To a Skylark, as well as excerpts from (among others) Prometheus Unbound and Adonais, all read by Bertie Carvel, one of the most talented English actors of his generation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vicky on April 21, 2023

Life’s Unquiet Dream: "Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow" Percy Bysshe Shelley was a remarkably unique poet within the Romantic Movement. His writing evinced more maturity than that of the others, at least in my opinion. He wrote with emotion and imagination, defying current traditions lik......more

Goodreads review by Steven on September 20, 2009

First, William Meredith writes a brief but useful essay to put Shelley's works into a context. He neither overpraises the poet nor dismisses him as overrated. Second, it's the poetry itself that is crucial for any such volume. On page 28, we come across a poem that I think is wonderful, "Mutability.......more

Goodreads review by meg ♡ on May 19, 2024

My favorites include The Cloud, Ode to the West Wind, and To a Skylark.......more

Goodreads review by Les on February 25, 2018

I enjoyed this book even though Shelly is not one of my favourite poets.......more