Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Percy Bysshe Shelley Resume

 Percy Bysshe Shelley Resume:
  • Birth- August 4, 1792 in England
  • Education-
    • Sion House Academy (1802-1804)
    • Eton (1804-1810)
    • University College, Oxford (1810-1811)
  • Occupation- Best known as a poet of the British Romantic Period
  • Most Notable Work-
    • “Ozymandias”
    • “Queen Mab”
    • “Ode to the West Wind”
    • The Masque Of Anarchy
    • Prometheus Unbound
  • Beliefs and Advocacies-
    • Atheism
    • Vegetarianism
    • Political Radicalism
    • Free Love
    • Civil Rights
  • Family-  
    • First Wife: Harriet Westbrook, who died by drowning
    • Second Wife: Fellow radical Mary Shelley, daughter of William Godwin

Works Cited
Horton, Ronald. “Percy Bysshe Shelley.” British Literature. 2nd ed. Greenville, BJU Press, 2003. 565-67. Print.  
"Neurotic Poets - Percy Bysshe Shelley." Neurotic Poets - The Link Between Creativity And Madness. 1997. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://www.neuroticpoets.com/shelley/>.

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