ABSTRACT
Shelley's short, prolific life produced some of the most memorable and well-known lyrics of the Romantic period. But he was also the most radical writer in the English literary tradition of his day, a fiery political visionary committed to social change and progress. The generous selection in this volume represents the wide range of his writing, both poetry and prose. Arranged chronologically, the accompanying introductory essays set Shelley's works in their historical, social and political context. The Enipeus is in Thessaly; the Anieno joins the Tiber north of Rome; the Caicus is in modern Turkey; the Hypanis is in Ukraine; Eridanus is the Po in North Italy. Medwin recalled a later more successful occasion when 'A word was chosen, and all the rhymes to it in the language, and they were very numerous, set down, without regard to their corresponding meanings, and in a few minutes he filled.
