SHELLEY’S IDEALISM

SHELLEY’S IDEALISM . Shelley’s idealism falls under three subheadings Revolutionary, religious and Erotic. (i) Revolutionary Idealis : His revolutionary idealism is mainly due to the French Revolution. Through his Queen Mab, The Revolt of Islam, and Prometheus Unbound he inspired people to revolt against tyranny by scorning at the tyranny of state, church and society and hoping for a …

SHELLEY AS A ROMANTIC POET

SHELLEY AS A ROMANTIC POET Q.i. Write a note on Shelley as a Romantic. Introduction: Grierson did rightly say, “Classic and Romantic are terms no attempts to define which will ever seem entirely convincing to ourselves or others”. So everyone tries to attribute one’s own views to “Romanticism”. For, to Hem and Beers, Romanticism is synonymous with Mediaevalism; …

SHELLEY, A SATIRIST

SHELLEY, A SATIRIST Shelley, A Satirist: To comment upon Shelley’s sarcasm, Peter Bell The Third is the apt example. It is a satire on Wordsworth, a “dull” poet and recalls the earlier Wordsworth, a man of false ideals who composed poems on ‘moor and glen and rocky Lake/And on the heart of man’. Shelley criticizes the reactionary politician who once …

SHELLEY’S DEVELOPMENT AS A POET

SHELLEY’S DEVELOPMENT AS A POET  Trace Shelley’s development as a poet illustrating itfrom the prescribed poems. Introduction: J.C. Smith writing on Shelley, says: “No poet suffered severer re-probation in his life and none perhaps has evoked more ardent sympathy and admiration in later years than this Strange offshoot from an otherwise undistinguished aristocratic family.’ In such a …

INFLUENCES OF GODWIN, PLATO AND ROUSSEAU ON SHELLEY

INFLUENCES OF GODWIN, PLATO AND ROUSSEAU ON SHELLEY Q.i. “Shelley was greatly influenced by Godwin, Plato and Rousseau”. Illustrate the idea citing examples from the prescribed poems.Ans: Shelley is much devoted to Godwin, Plato and Rousseau for his thought and poetry. Godwin’s book ‘Political Justice’ has profoundly influenced Shelley’s iconoclastic rationalism and his opinions on politics and …