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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
Scope|Circulating Books|Critical
Sources|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites
SCOPE: Percy Shelley is regarded as one of the six greatest English Romantic poets. His poetry focused on the theme of love and the glorification and beauty of women. His images personified the beauty of the natural and spiritual worlds. Two of his more famous poems are Prometheus Unbound, and
Adonais (Magill, Critical survey of Poetry).
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of Percy Shelley’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under, “Shelley, Percy,” and under individual titles.
Books written by and about Percy Shelley have the call number(s)
Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library are:
Cameron, Kenneth Neill. Shelley:
The Golden Years. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press, 1974.
Cameron, Kenneth Neill, ed. Shelley and
His Circle, 1773-1822. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 1986.
Keach, William. Shelley’s
Style. New York: Methuen, 1984.
Wasserman, Earl R. Shelley:
A Critical Reading. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
Press, 1977.
CRITICAL SOURCES
There are books in the Reference collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide and overview or summary of the topic.
The following titles are appropriate to this topic:
PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 96 British
Romantic Poets, 1789-1833
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
WEB SITES
Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Covers the major internet resources in the field, including authors, movements, and collections of electronic literary texts. Essential to researchers in English or American literature.
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Authored by Alan Liu from the University of California, this is an excellent and very comprehensive literature site with links to thousands of web sites in all areas of the humanities. Easily accessed and easy to navigate. The homepage links to menus from 25 areas, from anthropology to women's studies.
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Updated
05/30/2007
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