Shelley and the Romantic Revolution

F.A. Lea

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781317237891
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: English Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

First published in 1945. In this work the author seeks to correct the misinterpretation and incorrect labelling of Shelley's thought. While not neglecting Shelley as a poet, this book focuses on his contributions made to the general movement of political and philosophical thought of his era and by so doing his relevance to contemporary issues. This title will be of interest to students of literature.

NOTES AND REFERENCES

CHAPTER I

1. ¹ Letter: Jan. 11, 1811. (Letters of P. B. Shelley, in two vols., edited by R. Ingpen: G. Bell & Sons, 1915.)
2. ² “On Love”: Prose Works, I, 426. (Prose Works of P. B. Shelley, edited by R. Heme Shepherd: Chatto & Windus, 1906.)
3. ³ “The Coliseum”: Prose Works, I, 394.
4. ⁴ In Defence of Shelley, and Other Essays, by Herbert Read: Heinemann, 1936. Pp. 51–3.
5. ⁵ “On Love”: Prose Works, I, 427–8.
6. ⁶ The Revolt of Islam, lines 2611–2.
7. ⁷ Life of P. B. Shelley, by Thomas Medwin, with introduction and commentary by H. Buxton Forman: Oxford University Press, 1913. P. 89.
8. ⁸ Peacock’s Memoirs of Shelley, with Shelley’s Letters to Peacock, edited by H. F. B. Brett-Smith: Oxford, 1909. P. 36.
9. ⁹ Letter: March 8, 1812.
10. ¹⁰ It is noteworthy that, as Mr. Grabo has pointed out, St. Irvyne is hurriedly and carelessly ended—as though some new interest had already diverted Shelley from the romance.
11. ¹¹ Letter: Jan. 10, 1812.
12. ¹² Letter: May 19, 1811.
13. ¹³ Letter: June 2, 1811.
14. ¹⁴ Letter to Janetta Phillips: May 1811.
15. ¹⁵ Letter: Jan. 17, 1811.
16. ¹⁶ Letter: Jan. 16, 1811.
17. ¹⁷ Letter: June 20, 1811.
18. ¹⁸ Letter: May 1?, 1811.
19. ¹⁹ Letter: Aug. 14?, 1811.
20. ²⁰ Letter: Feb. 24, 1812.
21. ²¹ Letter: Oct. 26, 1811.
22. ²² Letter: July 15, 1811.
23. ²³ Letter: July 26, 1811.
24. ²⁴ Letter: June 5, 1811.
25. ²⁵ Letter: Oct. 10, 1811.
26. ²⁶ Letter: Dec. 26, 1811.
27. ²⁷ “On a Future State”: Prose Works, II, 185.
28. ²⁸ Letter: June 11, 1811.
29. ²⁹ Letter: Jan. 2, 1812.
30. ³⁰ Letter: April 24, 1811.
31. ³¹ Reminiscences of D. H. Lawrence, by J. Middleton Murry: Cape, 1933. P. 52. My deep indebtedness throughout this book to the writings of Mr. Middleton Murry will be obvious both to the few who have read them and the many who know that they are wrong.
32. ³² Letter: June 25, 1811.
33. ³³ Letter: Jan. 28, 1812.

CHAPTER II

1. ¹ Letter: Jan. 3, 1812.
2. ² An Enquiry concerning Political Justice, by William Godwin, edited and abridged by R. A. Preston: Knopf, 1926. P. xvi.
3. ³ Letter: Jan. 16, 1812.
4. ⁴ Letter: Jan. 26, 1812.
5. ⁵ Letter: Jan. 29, 1812.
6. ⁶ Letter: Feb. 24, 1812.
7. ⁷ “Proposals for an Association”: Prose Works, I, 266.
8. ⁸ Ibid. I, 267.
9. ⁹ “An Address to the Irish People”: Prose Works, I, 244.
10. ¹⁰ Ibid. I, 237.
11. ¹¹ Ibid. I, 239.
12. ¹² Ibid. I, 242–3.
13. ¹³ Ibid. I, 249.
14. ¹⁴ Ibid. I, 248.
15. ¹⁵ Ibid. I, 250.
16. ¹⁶ Quoted in Heaven and Earthy by J. Middleton Murry: Cape, 1938. P. 336.
17. ¹⁷ Letter: Feb. 27, 1812.
18. ¹⁸ Letter: March 8, 1812.
19. ¹⁹ “Proposals for an Association”: Prose Works, I, 279–80.
20. ²⁰ Letter: March 18, 1812.
21. ²¹ Heaven and Earth, by J. Middleton Murry. P. 196.
22. ²² An Enquiry concerning Political Justice, by William Godwin. II, 225.
23. ²³ Queen Mi>: Note to VI, li...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• PREFACE
• Table of Contents
• I. HEAD AND HEART
• II. IRELAND AND UTOPIA
• III. TRANSITION
• IV. PLATONISM
• V. GODWINISM
• VI. PROMETHEUS BOUND
• VII. PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
• VIII. VATES SACER
• IX. PANDEMOS AND URANIA
• X. THE POET AND THE MAN
• XI. ROUSSEAUISM
• XII. THE REFORMER
• NOTES AND REFERENCES
• INDEX