Percy Bysshe Shelley

About Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet. He was a romantic and he is regarded as one of the most important lyric and epic poets of all time. He belonged to a circle of very significant artists of his era, such as Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Love Peacock and Mary Shelley.

His Highlights

Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Ozymandias, Music, When Soft Voices Die, The Cloud, The Masque of Anarchy, The Revolt of Islam, Adonaïs, Prometheus Unbound, Queen Mab, The Cenci.

His Personal Life

He was married 2 times. The first time to Harriet Westbrook and the second to Mary Shelley, the author of the classic novel "Frankenstein".

Percy Bysshe Shelley photo gallery

Title

A map of the 1814 and 1816 journeys taken by Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, and Claire Clairmont. Based on the map found in The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley. Vol. 8. Ed. Jeanne Moskal. London: William Pickering, 1996, pg. 10. The 1814 trip is represented by a dotted line and the 1816 trip is represented by a solid line. Green dots indicate towns visited or stayed at during the 1816 trip, which ended in a three-month stay at Lake Geneva. Red dots indicate towns visited or stayed at during the 1814 trip. Black dots indicate towns not visited but perhaps helpful to the reader. The source map does not indicate what route the Shelleys used on the return trip to England for the 1816 trip.

Author

Awadewit

Source

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License

CC BY-SA 3.0

Title

Posthumous Portrait of Shelley Writing Prometheus Unbound, oil on canvas. Keats-Shelley Memorial House, Rome, Italy.

Author

Joseph Severn

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Severn_-_Posthumous_Portrait_of_Shelley_Writing_Prometheus_Unbound_1845.jpg

License

Public domain

Title

Percy Bysshe Shelley, by Alfred Clint (died 1883). See source website for additional information.

Author

After Amelia Curran

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley_by_Alfred_Clint.jpg

License

Public domain

Title

Portrait of Mary Shelley

Author

Richard Rothwell

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaryShelley.jpg.jpeg

License

Public domain

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F.A.Q. about Percy Bysshe Shelley

When is his birthday?

Percy Bysshe Shelley's birthday is on August 4, 1792.

In how many days is his birthday?

Percy Bysshe Shelley's birthday is in 101 days

How old was Percy Bysshe Shelley when he died?

He was 29 years old.

When did he die?

He died in July 8, 1822.

How old would he be today?

Percy Bysshe Shelley would be 231 years old if he was alive today.

Where was Percy Bysshe Shelley from?

He was born in Horsham, England, UK.