Being Shelley
Subtitle: the poet's search for himself
By: Ann Wroe
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780375424939
Subjects: English Poets; Philosophie; Biography
Description: Economist editor and biographer Wroe gives us a book about one of the greatest poets in the Western tradition, that is concerned at once with the making of poetry and the transforming power of it. With elegance of style and immersion in Shelley's work, this book aims to turn the poet's life inside out: rather than tracing the events of a life in which poetry erupts occasionally, it tracks the inner journey of a spirit struggling to escape and create. In her own quest to understand Shelley, Wroe takes up the questions that consume the poet himself: Who, or what, was he? What was his purpose? Where had he come from? And where was he going? By answering those questions, Shelley sought to free and empower not only himself, but the entire human race.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-438) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Earth. Substance; title: Chains; title: Masks; title: pt. 2. Water. Immersion; title: Refection; title: Escape; title: pt. 3. Air. The shadow; title: The song; title: The wind; title: pt. 4. Fire. Daring; title: Burning; title: Being.