Romantic Rebels: Essays on Shelley and His Circle

Published by Harvard University Press 1973

Romantic Rebels

Essays on Shelley and His Circle

Edited by: Kenneth Neill Cameron

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674732001

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The rebels of the Romantic period speak more directly to the issues of today than any other group of writers of the past. Mary Wollstonecraft exposed the problem of women's rights; her husband William Godwin protested against war, economic and social imbalances, and cruel penal practices; their daughter Mary Shelley produced the original science fiction, Frankenstein, and introduced into the novel radical social and antireligious views. Shelley campaigned in Ireland for Irish separation, wrote pamphlets on parliamentary reform, and propounded an egalitarian world; Byron addressed himself to problems of social injustice and lost his life as a result of his participation in the Greek war of independence. Leigh Hunt, the first radical, crusading journalist, battled all forms of injustice from child labor to army flogging; Thomas Love Peacock's lively, satiric novels excoriated sham.

Their rebellion carried into their personal lives: Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley, and Byron openly flouted the laws of marital relations, and several adopted unconventional dress. The rebels paid dearly for their public and private views. Shelley was deprived of his children, Byron was driven into exile, and Leigh Hunt was imprisoned.

The lives and works of these major Romantics are sketched in a concise and lively way in these twelve essays, which are derived from Shelley and His Circle, Volumes I through IV. The collection provides a cohesive picture of some of the Romantics whose lives interlocked in the early 1800's.

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FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (August 4, 1792-July 8, 1822) Kenneth Neill Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
WILLIAM GODWIN (March 3, 1756-April 7, 1836) Kenneth Neill Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (April 27, 1759-September 10, 1797) Eleanor L. Nicholes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY (August 30, 1797-February 1, 1851) Sylva Norman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
MARY GODWIN TO T. J. HOGG: THE 1815 LETTERS Frederick L. Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK (October 18,1785-January 23, 1866 Eleanor L. Nicholes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
LEIGH HUNT (October 19, 1784-August 28, 1859) Kenneth Neill Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
LORD BYRON (January 22, 1788-April 19, 1824) David V. Erdman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
“FARE THEE WELL” — BYRON'S LAST DAYS IN ENGLAND David V. Erdman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
THE LAST DAYS OF HARRIET SHELLEY Kenneth Neill Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
ANOTHER SHELLEY FAMILY ELOPEMENT Kenneth Neill Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
THE PROVENANCE OF SHELLEY AND HIS CIRCLE MANUSCRIPTS Kenneth Neill Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1973
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 320
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.; Authors -- Correspondence.; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.

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Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674732001

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Published: February 5, 1973
ISBN: 9780674731998