ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book establishes that a large portion of Shelley's writing consists of a fantasy in which Shelley seeks the unification of language, or the word, with voice and its correlative form of expression, vocal music. Shelley defends against liabilities such as these and thereby maintains his status and function as a poet by creating conditions under which it appears that Power, voice and woman are unattainable or in some situations that they have renounced him. Throughout his writing, Power and its various agents of expression ignore Shelley's entreaties. Elements of the 'religious' mode inform A Defence of Poetry and poems focusing on the creative process, but not as one would expect. In the 'Hymn to Intellectual Beauty' Shelley speculates that 'Man' would be 'immortal and omnipotent' should the 'Spirit of BEAUTY' become the mind's constant companion.
