| A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays Contributor(s): Shelley, Percy Bysshe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438521774 ISBN-13: 9781438521770 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.34 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Percy Blysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) was a major English Romantic poet who was considered to be the greatest lyric poet in the English language. His major works were long visionary poems including, Alastor, The Revolt of Islam, Prometheus Unbound and the unfinished The Triumph of Life. Shelley was a strong advocate for social justice for the 'lower classes'. He witnessed many of the mistreatments occurring in the domestication and slaughtering of animals and he became a fighter for the rights of all living things. This collection contains On Love, On Life in a Future State, On the Punishment of Death Speculations, On Metaphysics Speculations, On Morals on the Literature, the Arts and the Manners of the Athenians, On the Symposium, or Preface to the Banquet of Plato, and A Defence of Poetry. |