Shelleys Italian Experience (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333497623)

Focusing on Shelley's 'Italian experience', the present study both addresses itself to the living context which nurtured Shelley's creativity, and explores a neglected but essential component of his work. The poet's four years of self-exile in Italy (1818-1822) were, in fact, the most decisive of his career. As he responded to Italy, his poetry acquired a new subtlety and complexity of vision. Endowed with remarkably keen powers of absorption, the poet imaginatively reshaped the rich cultural heritage of Italy and the vital qualities of its landscape and climate.

Author: Alan M. Weinberg
ISBN-10: 0333497627
ISBN-13: 9780333497623
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/23/1991
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d