The Unfamiliar Shelley (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754663904)

Stimulated by new editions of Shelley's writings and the evidence of notebooks, the editors have assembled an outstanding group of international Shelley scholars to work through the implications of recent advances in scholarship. With particular attention to texts that have been neglected or underestimated, the contributors consider many important aspects of Shelley's prolific and remarkably diverse output, including the verse letter, plays, prose essays, satire, pamphlets, political verse, romance, prefaces, translations from the Greek, prose style, artistic representations, fragments and early writings. Revaluations of Shelley's youthful works, often criticized for their over-exuberance, pay dividends as they reveal Shelley's early maturation as a writer and also shed light on his later achievement. Taken as a whole, the collection makes evident that Shelley's reputation has been based largely on surprisingly imperfect and incomplete edited publications, driven by Victorian taste and culture. A writer very different from the one we thought we knew emerges from these essays, which are sure to inspire more reappraisals of Shelley's work.

Author: Timothy Webb
ISBN-10: 0754663906
ISBN-13: 9780754663904
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2009
Pages: 390
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2009
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 268