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: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780801851766
Subjects: Poetry & poets: 19th century; Poetry; Great Britain; Congresses; Politics and literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; History; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 19th century; Political and social views; Romanticism; Shelley, Percy Bysshe,; 1792-1822; England; Literature and society
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.