Antes de convertirse en uno de los más grandes poetas en lengua inglesa, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) probó suerte con un género que lo apasionaba: la novela gótica. En 1811, cuando todavía era un estudiante en Oxford, publicó St. Irvyne o el Rosacruz, una obra que seguía con absoluta fidelidad las modas literarias de la época, al tiempo que esbozaba muchas de las preocupaciones que caracterizan su posterior carrera como poeta y ensayista. Una novela que permanecía inédita en nuestro idioma y que descubre al lector una nueva faceta de su autor, la de escritor de literatura de consumo. St. Irvyne tiene como protagonista a Wolfstein, un héroe romántico de turbulento pasado y agitado presente, soberbio, impetuoso y audaz. Convertido por accidente en miembro de una peligrosa banda de salteadores, se enamora de la hermosa rehén Megalena de Metastasio y concibe un arriesgado plan para liberarla. Pero eso será sólo el principio de un periplo que lo llevará por toda Europa, siempre perseguido por un misterioso personaje, Ginotti. Ambos personajes, llevados por su desmedida ambición y su sed de conocimiento, se verán envueltos en una macabra historia donde intervendrán secretas fuerzas sobrenaturales.
In the haunting and evocative "Dirge for the Year," Percy Bysshe Shelley laments the passing of time and the inevitable march towards death. With its ethereal imagery and mournful tone, the poem captures the fleeting nature of life and the bittersweet beauty of the changing seasons. As the year draws to a close, Shelley reflects on the joys and sorrows that have marked its passage, ultimately finding solace in the eternal cycle of renewal and rebirth.
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets.This poem is taken from THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, VOLUME 1 (1914)note: His second wife, Mary Shelley, was t
Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors.This book brings 10 of best essays of Percy Bysshe Shelley, across a wide range of subjects, including literature, vegetarianism, religion and many more topics.Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets.American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem." A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death and he became an important influence on subsequent generations. Many of his most relevant works were published by Tacet Books. The book contains the following texts:- Introduction by Edmund Gosse- On Love- On Life- On A Future State- On The Punishment Of Death- Speculations On Metaphysics- Speculations On Morals- Essay On The Literature, The Arts, And The Manners Of The Athenians- On The Symposium, Or Preface To The Banquet Of Plato- A Defence Of Poetry- A Vindication Of Natural Diet
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), war ein britischer Autor der Romantik. Er war in zweiter Ehe mit Mary Shelley, der Schopferin des Frankenstein-Romans, verheiratet. Seine Freundschaft zu Lord Byron und John Polidori, dem Autoren von "Der Vampyr" ubte ebenfalls groen Einfluss auf sein dichterisches Werk aus. Diese Sammlung prasentiert eine Auswahl seiner Gedichte, darunter "Hymne an die geistige Schonheit", "Der Sonnenuntergang", "Ode an den Westwind", "An Englands Manner" und viele mehr.
The Masque of Anarchy was Shelleys response to the Peterloo massacre at St Peters Fields, Manchester, where 18 died and hundreds were injured, after Hussars charged into a rally for parliamentary reform. Written in Italy in 1819, the poem was not published until 1832, ten years after Shelleys death. This reading is from the first published edition with the addition of three words that were inserted in full only in later additions . The poem is preceded by Leigh Hunts preface to the 1932 edition and followed by Harry Buxton Formans 1887 lecture on the poem to the Shelley Society.
Written in 1819, but not first staged for over hundred years after it was written due to controversial themes of incest and parricide, it was not considered stageable. This tragedy is a true story, set in Rome, 1599, centred around the murder of the tyrant, Count Francesco Cenci, by his tormented daughter, Beatrice.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), más conocido por sus ideas sobre filosofía, economía y política, también cultivó la teoría literaria. Trabajó toda su vida en la Compañía de las Indias Orientales, de la que seria nombrado encargado jefe en 1856, en sustituci
