ABSTRACT

This volume discusses the life and work of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the social and political context of the world and time in which he lived.

part One|100 pages

The Writer and his Setting

chapter |2 pages

Family trees

chapter |5 pages

Chronological table

chapter 1|20 pages

Shelley's early biographers

chapter 2|10 pages

The making of a gentleman

chapter 3|25 pages

The historical background

chapter 4|37 pages

Shelley's philosophical beliefs

part Two|74 pages

Critical Survey

chapter 5|36 pages

The writer and his craft

chapter 6|36 pages

A critical examination of some poetry

part Three|25 pages

Reference Section

chapter |10 pages

The Shelley circle: family and friends

chapter |13 pages

The traveller: a Shelley gazetteer