Percy bysshe shelley was an english romantic poet whose passionate search for personal love and social justice was gradually channeled from overt actions into poems that rank with the greatest in the english language. Shelley drowned in the gulf of spezia near lerici, italy, on july 8, 1822, shortly before his thirtieth birthday The life and works of percy bysshe shelley exemplify english romanticism in both its extremes of joyous ecstasy and brooding despair.
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Shelley was known for his works that possessed many attributes from the romantic movement
His poems are characterized by a passionate intensity, a vivid imagination, and an exploration of the sublime.
Shelley wrote poetry and mary conceived the idea for her novel 'frankenstein' In december 1816, shelley and mary were married, just a few weeks after harriet had drowned herself. Percy bysshe shelley was an english writer and poet, whose radical ideas won him few admirers during his lifetime, whilst his work was only to be appreciated later and serve to inspire a new generation of poets and thinkers.
