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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792, at Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, England. The eldest son of Timothy and Elizabeth Shelley, with one brother and four sisters, he stood in line to inherit not only his grandfather’s considerable estate but also a seat in Parliament. He attended Eton College for six years beginning in 1804, and then went on to Oxford University. He began writing poetry while at Eton, but his first publication was a Gothic novel, Zastrozzi (G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1810), in which he voiced his own heretical and atheistic opinions through the villain Zastrozzi. That same year, Shelley and another student, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, published a pamphlet of burlesque verse, “Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson,” and with his sister Elizabeth, Shelley published Original Poetry; by Victor and Cazire. In 1811, Shelley continued this prolific outpouring with more publications, including another pamphlet that he wrote and circulated with Hogg titled “The Necessity of Atheism,” which got him expe
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
Percy Bysshe Shelley was brought up in a privileged, wealthy, and conservative household near Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, England. He was born on August 4, 1792 the oldest of six children, one brother and four sisters and was set to inherit his grandfather’s estate.Also, he was in line for a seat in Parliament. He was radical in all aspects of his life and thoughts. He attended school at Eton starting in 1804 for six years then continued his education at Oxford, where he began his long journey of writing poetry during the Romantic Era of literature. In 1810 he published his first novel called Zastrozzi, which was a Gothic themed novel. In this novel, Percy made his rather atheistic views clearer through a villain of the book who was named Zastrozzi. The same year that he published Zastrozzi, he teamed up with Thomas Jefferson Hoggs, who was another student and they published a pamphlet called “Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson.” The same year he pu
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
English Romantic poet (1792–1822)
"Percy Shelley" redirects here. For the son of the poet, see Sir Percy Shelley, 3rd Baronet. For the potter, see Percy Shelley (potter).
Percy Bysshe Shelley (BISH;[1][2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major EnglishRomantic poets.[3][4] A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets, including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats. American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem."[5]
Shelley's reputation fluctuated during the 20th century, but since the 1960s he has achieved increasing critical acclaim for the sweeping momentum of
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