{"product_id":"the-complete-poetry-of-percy-percy-bysshe-shelley-9781421401362","title":"The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2013 Richard J. Finneran Award, Society for Textual ScholarshipOutstanding Academic Title, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His name is Percy Bysshe Shelley, and he is the author of a poetical work entitled \u003ci\u003eAlastor, or the Spirit of Solitude.\" \u003c\/i\u003eWith these words, the radical journalist and poet Leigh Hunt announced his discovery in 1816 of an extraordinary talent within \"a new school of poetry rising of late.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third volume of the acclaimed edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e includes \u003ci\u003eAlastor\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Shelley's first major works, and all the poems that Shelley completed, for either private circulation or publication, during the turbulent years from 1814 to March 1818: \u003ci\u003eHymn to Intellectual Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMont Blanc\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLaon and Cythna\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as shorter pieces, such as his most famous sonnet, \u003ci\u003eOzymandias\u003c\/i\u003e. It was during these years that Shelley, already an accomplished and practiced poet with three volumes of published verse, authored two major volumes, earned international recognition, and became part of the circle that was later called the Younger Romantics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs with previous volumes, extensive discussions of the poems' composition, influences, publication, circulation, reception, and critical history accompany detailed records of textual variants for each work. Among the appendixes are Mary W. Shelley's 1839 notes on the poems for these years, a table of the forty-two revisions made to \u003ci\u003eLaon and Cythna\u003c\/i\u003e for its reissue as \u003ci\u003eThe Revolt of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e, and Shelley's errata list for the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is in the works included in this volume that the recognizable and characteristic voice of Shelley emerges--unmistakable, consistent, and vital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Percy Bysshe Shelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421401363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421401362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 2.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013","brand":"Percy Bysshe Shelley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088209031423,"sku":"9781421401362","price":142.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4ee4c44-d25a-4027-b1b1-b35975454384.jpg?v=1769103658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-complete-poetry-of-percy-percy-bysshe-shelley-9781421401362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}