Shelley memorials : from authentic sources / edited by Lady Shelley ; to which is added an Essay on Christianity, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, now first printed.
Published / Created:
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1859.
Physical Description:
vi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 290, [2] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: illustration ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC PR5431 .S6 1859: Bound in publisher's dark blue-green cloth. Inscribed on title page: "Edward Lear, March 7, 1863, given me by Lady Shelley" and "F. Lushington, Templehurst, Janry 1888." Bookplate: Carolyn Wells.
Contents:
Early life of Shelley -- First love: Oxford: Expulsion -- First marriage -- Acquaintance with Godwin -- Literary correspondence: 1812 -- Poetical labours and domestic sorrows -- England and Switzerland: judgement of the Lord Chancellor: The "Revolt of Islam" -- Italy: 1818 -- "Prometheus unbound:" the "Cenci" -- The poet's life at Pisa nd Leghorn -- Shelley and Byron at Pisa -- The Bay of Spezia -- Shelley's death and obsequies -- Mary Shelley -- Extracts from Mrs. Shelley's private journal -- Essay on Christianity.
Subject Terms:
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. | Poets, English -- Biography. | Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 -- Presentation inscription from Lady Jane Shelley. | Shelley, Lady (Jane), 1820-1899 -- Presentation inscription to Edward Lear. | Lushington, Franklin, Sir, 1823-1901 -- Ownership. | Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Biographies. | Personal correspondence. | Authors' presentation inscriptions.
Contributors:
Shelley, Lady (Jane), 1820-1899, editor. | Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. Essay on Christianity. | Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.