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Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mary Shelley

The opening portion of the text begins with Mary Shelley's preface, where she expresses her duty to present a definitive collection of her husband's works.

"Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley" by Mary W. Shelley is a literary analysis and commentary. The opening portion of the text begins with Mary Shelley's preface, where she expresses her duty to present a definitive collection of her husband's works.

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In nobil sangue vita umile e queta, Ed in alto intelletto un puro core Frutto senile in sul giovenil fibre, E in aspetto pensoso anima lieta.—PETRARCA.

It had been my wish, on presenting the public with the Posthumous Poems of Mr. Shelley, to have accompanied them by a biographical notice; as it appeared to me that at this moment a narration of the events of my husband's life would come more gracefully from other hands than mine, I applied to Mr. Leigh Hunt. The distinguished friendship that Mr. Shelley felt for him, and the enthusiastic affection with which Mr. Leigh Hunt clings to his friend's memory, seemed to point him out as the person best calculated for such an undertaking. His absence from this country, which prevented our mutual explanation, has unfortunately rendered my scheme abortive. I do not doubt but that on some other occasion he will pay this tribute to his lost friend, and sincerely regret that the volume which I edit has not been honoured by its insertion.

Contents

  1. 01Preface by Mrs. Shelley to First Collected Edition, 1839.
  2. 02Postscript in Second Edition of 1839.
  3. 03Preface by Mrs. Shelley
  4. 04To the Volume of Posthumous Poems Published in 1824.
  5. 05Note on Queen Mab, by Mrs. Shelley.
  6. 06Note on "Alastor", by Mrs. Shelley.
  7. 07Note on the "Revolt of Islam", by Mrs. Shelley.
  8. 08Note on Rosalind and Helen by Mrs. Shelley.
  9. 09Note by Mrs. Shelley.
  10. 10Note on "Prometheus Unbound", by Mrs. Shelley.
  11. 11Note on the Cenci, by Mrs. Shelley.
  12. 12Note on the Mask of Anarchy, by Mrs. Shelley.
  13. 13Note on Peter Bell the Third, by Mrs. Shelley.
  14. 14Note on Oedipus Tyrannus, by Mrs. Shelley.
  15. 15Note on Hellas, by Mrs. Shelley.
  16. 16Note on the Early Poems, by Mrs. Shelley.
  17. 17Note on Poems of 1816, by Mrs. Shelley.
  18. 18Note on Poems of 1817, by Mrs. Shelley.
  19. 19Note on Poems of 1818, by Mrs. Shelley.
  20. 20Note on Poems of 1819, by Mrs. Shelley.
  21. 21Note on Poems of 1820, by Mrs. Shelley.
  22. 22Note on Poems of 1821, by Mrs. Shelley.
  23. 23Note on Poems of 1822, by Mrs. Shelley.

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Author
Mary Shelley
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Advanced: for close, demanding reading
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Length
88 pages
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Modern Philosophers