Shelley
Subtitle: Poet and Legislator of the World
Contributors: Betty T. Bennett (Editor); Stuart Curran (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780801851759
Subjects: Poetry & poets: 19th century; Politics and literature; History; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; Literature and society; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Shelley, Percy Bysshe; Congresses; Romanticism; 19th century; England; Great Britain
First sentence: TWO CENTURIES have passed since the leaders of the French Revolution experimented with their "rational reform" of social institutions and practices, ranging from the calendar to the church; a century and a half have gone by since the Reform Bills of 1832-33 heralded the more moderate changes in British society that led to the increasing influence of Utilitarian ideals throughout Europe.