Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (Annotated) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Percy Bysshe Shelley (Field Place, Horsham, England, August 4, 1792-Viareggio, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, July 8, 1822) was an English writer, essayist, and romantic poet. Among his most famous works are Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, A Lark and The Mask of Anarchy. He is also known for his association with other contemporary writers, such as John Keats and Lord Byron, especially as a member of the so-called Cockney School, formed by the second generation of English Romantic poets. He died, like the latter, at a young age. He was married to the writer Mary Shelley. Percival Bisshe Shelley was born into a very wealthy family of the Sussex aristocracy descended from the Earl of Arundel. Older son of Sir Timothy Shelley and Elizabeth Pilfold, he became heir to the second baronet of Goring Castle in 1815. In 1802,