Category: Biographies
In the case of most great writers our interest in them as persons is derived from out interest in them as writers; we are not very curious about them except for reasons that have something to do with their art. With Shelley it is different. During his life he aroused fears and...
The true visionary is often a man of action, and Shelley was a very peculiar combination of the two. He was a dreamer, but he never dreamed merely for the sake of dreaming; he a...
1. Chapter 1In the case of most great writers our interest in them as persons is derived from out interest in them as writers; we are not very curious about them except for reasons that hav...
3. Chapter 3It may seem strange that so much space has been occupied in the last two chapters by philosophical and political topics, and this although Shelley is the most purely lyrical of...