An Everyman Classic.
A short life, and a turbulent one - Shelley died at the age of twenty-nine. The work he left behind is among the most lyrically beautiful and politically committed in the language.
Inspired by the radical ideas of the Age of Revolutions, Shelley proved too provocative for England. Sent down from Oxford and disillusioned with English life, he spent his last years in self-imposed exile in Italy, leading a life of startling unconventionality, challenging the politics and morals of his day. Shelley died at the peak of his powers, a poet of lyrical gifts and of challenging ideas, and the author of a broad body of work. From the revolutionary anger of "The Mask Of Anarchy" to the musical perfection of "To A Sky-lark" and "The Triumph Of Life", Shelley at his best fuses passion and precision. He also produced a wide range of prose, little of which was published in his lifetime. His writings on vegetarianism, the marriage system, love, Christianity, the devil, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', and political reform are represented in this selection.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, selected criticism, appendices and chronology of Shelley's life and times.
