Shelley the poet biography
Shelley the poet biography
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
English Romantic poet (1792–1822)
"Percy Shelley" redirects here. For the son of the poet, see Sir Percy Shelley, 3rd Baronet.
For the potter, see Percy Shelley (potter).
Percy Bysshe Shelley (BISH;[1][2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major EnglishRomantic poets.[3][4] A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets, including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W.
B. Yeats. American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem."[5]
Shelley's reputation fluctuated during the 20th c