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This edition compiles all of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry, including the political epics *Queen Mab* and *The Revolt of Islam*, the unrestful *The Mask of Anarchy*, elegiac *Adonais*, the friendship poems *Julian* and *Maddalo*, and the five-act tragedy *The Cenci*. It also features the visionary *Prometheus Unbound*—a lyrical drama often compared with Dante’s *Paradiso*—along with the unfinished *The Triumph of Life*. Supplementary works such as *Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude* and the bold free‑love appeal *Epipsychidion* are included. Mary Shelley, the author of *Frankenstein*, provides an introduction and notes, giving readers context and insight into Shelley’s life and poetic legacy.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Poetry/Classical Poetry
Authors: Percy Bysshe Shelley
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