The Collected Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley E-Book

Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

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Beschreibung

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley • A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays • Adonais • A Vindication of Natural Diet. • O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and • The Daemon of the World • The Witch of Atlas • Peter Bell the Third • MRS. SHELLEY'S PREFACE TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION,. • POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF. • MRS. SHELLEY'S PREFACE TO "POSTHUMOUS POEMS",. • THE DAEMON OF THE WORLD. A FRAGMENT. PART. PART. • ALASTOR; OR, THE SPIRiT OF SOLITUDE. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • THE REVOLT OF ISLAM. A POEM IN TWELVE CANTOS. PREFACE. DEDICATION: TO MARY — —. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. CANTO. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • PRINCE ATHANASE. A FRAGMENT. • ROSALIND AND HELEN. A MODERN ECLOGUE. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • JULIAN AND MADDALO. A CONVERSATION. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • PROMETHEUS UNBOUND. A LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS. PREFACE. ACT. ACT. ACT. ACT. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • THE CENCI. A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS. DEDICATION, TO LEIGH HUNT, ESQUIRE. PREFACE ACT. ACT. ACT. ACT. ACT. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • THe MASK OF ANARCHY. • PETER BELL THE THIRD. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE. • THE WITCH OF ATLAS. TO MARY. THE WITCH OF ATLAS. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • OEDIPUS TYRANNUS; OR, SWELLFOOT THE TYRANT. A TRAGEDY IN TWO ACTS. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.EPIPSYCHIDION. FRAGMENTS CONNECTED WITH EPIPSYCHIDION. • ADONAIS. AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF. PREFACE. ADONAIS. CANCELLED PASSAGES. • HELLAS. A LYRICAL DRAMA. PREFACE. PROLOGUE. HELLAS. SHELLEY'S NOTES. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY. • FRAGMENTS OF AN UNFINISHED DRAMA. • CHARLES THE FIRST. • THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE. • CANCELLED OPENING. • etc.

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Table of Contents

A DEFENCE OF POETRY AND OTHER ESSAYS

ON LOVE

ON LIFE

ON A FUTURE STATE

ON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH

A FRAGMENT

SPECULATIONS ON METAPHYSICS

I—THE MIND

III—DIFFICULTY OF ANALYSING THE HUMAN MIND

IV—HOW THE ANALYSIS SHOULD BE CARRIED ON

SPECULATIONS ON MORALS

I—PLAN OF A TREATISE ON MORALS

CHAPTER I ON THE NATURE OF VIRTUE

BENEVOLENCE

JUSTICE

CHAPTER II

ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE, THE ARTS, AND THE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS

A FRAGMENT

ON THE SYMPOSIUM, OR PREFACE TO THE BANQUET OF PLATO

A FRAGMENT

A DEFENCE OF POETRY

I

THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

VOLUME 1

OXFORD EDITION.

INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS.

EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES

BY

THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF THE OXFORD WORDSWORTH.

PREFACE.

THOMAS HUTCHINSON.

POSTSCRIPT.

PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY

TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839.

POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839.

PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824.

MARY W. SHELLEY.

CONTENTS.

EDITOR'S PREFACE.

MRS. SHELLEY'S PREFACE TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839.

POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839.

MRS. SHELLEY'S PREFACE TO "POSTHUMOUS POEMS", 1824.

THE DAEMON OF THE WORLD. A FRAGMENT. PART 1. PART 2.

THE REVOLT OF ISLAM. A POEM IN TWELVE CANTOS. PREFACE. DEDICATION: TO MARY — —. CANTO 1. CANTO 2. CANTO 3. CANTO 4. CANTO 5. CANTO 6. CANTO 7. CANTO 8. CANTO 9. CANTO 10. CANTO 11. CANTO 12. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

PRINCE ATHANASE. A FRAGMENT.

ROSALIND AND HELEN. A MODERN ECLOGUE. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

JULIAN AND MADDALO. A CONVERSATION. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

PROMETHEUS UNBOUND. A LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS. PREFACE. ACT 1. ACT 2. ACT 3. ACT 4. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

THE CENCI. A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS. DEDICATION, TO LEIGH HUNT, ESQUIRE. PREFACE ACT 1. ACT 2. ACT 3. ACT 4. ACT 5. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

PETER BELL THE THIRD. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE.

THE WITCH OF ATLAS. TO MARY. THE WITCH OF ATLAS. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

OEDIPUS TYRANNUS; OR, SWELLFOOT THE TYRANT. A TRAGEDY IN TWO ACTS. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

EPIPSYCHIDION. FRAGMENTS CONNECTED WITH EPIPSYCHIDION.

ADONAIS. AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS. PREFACE. ADONAIS. CANCELLED PASSAGES.

HELLAS. A LYRICAL DRAMA. PREFACE. PROLOGUE. HELLAS. SHELLEY'S NOTES. NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

FRAGMENTS OF AN UNFINISHED DRAMA.

CHARLES THE FIRST.

THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE.

CANCELLED OPENING.

THE DAEMON OF THE WORLD.

A FRAGMENT.

PART 1.

PART 2.

ALASTOR: OR, THE SPIRIT OF SOLITUDE.

PREFACE.

ALASTOR: OR, THE SPIRIT OF SOLITUDE.

NOTE ON ALASTOR, BY MRS. SHELLEY.

THE REVOLT OF ISLAM.

A POEM IN TWELVE CANTOS.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

DEDICATION.

TO MARY — —.

CANTO 1.

CANTO 2.

CANTO 3.

CANTO 4.

CANTO 5.

CANTO 6.

CANTO 7.

CANTO 8.

CANTO 9.

CANTO 10.

CANTO 11.

CANTO 12.

NOTE ON THE "REVOLT OF ISLAM", BY MRS. SHELLEY.

PRINCE ATHANASE.

A FRAGMENT.

PART 1.

PART 2.

FRAGMENT 1.

FRAGMENT 2.

FRAGMENT 3.

FRAGMENT 4.

FRAGMENT 5.

FRAGMENT 6.

ANOTHER FRAGMENT (A)

ANOTHER FRAGMENT (B)

ROSALIND AND HELEN.

A MODERN ECLOGUE.

ADVERTISEMENT.

ROSALIND, HELEN, AND HER CHILD.

SCENE. THE SHORE OF THE LAKE OF COMO.

NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

JULIAN AND MADDALO.

A CONVERSATION.

PREFACE.

CANCELLED FRAGMENTS OF JULIAN AND MADDALO.

NOTE BY MRS. SHELLEY.

PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.

A LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS.

AUDISNE HAEC AMPHIARAE, SUB TERRAM ABDITE?

PREFACE.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

PROMETHEUS. DEMOGORGON. JUPITER. THE EARTH. OCEAN. APOLLO. MERCURY. OCEANIDES: ASIA, PANTHEA, IONE. HERCULES. THE PHANTASM OF JUPITER. THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH. THE SPIRIT OF THE MOON. SPIRITS OF THE HOURS. SPIRITS. ECHOES. FAUNS. FURIES.

ACT 1.

SCENE: A RAVINE OF ICY ROCKS IN THE INDIAN CAUCASUS. PROMETHEUS IS DISCOVERED BOUND TO THE PRECIPICE. PANTEA AND IONE ARE SEATED AT HIS FEET. TIME, NIGHT. DURING, THE SCENE MORNING SLOWLY BREAKS.

[ALL THE FURIES VANISH, EXCEPT ONE.]

END OF ACT 1.

ACT 2.

SCENE 2.1: MORNING. A LOVELY VALE IN THE INDIAN CAUCASUS. ASIA, ALONE.

SCENE 2.2: A FOREST, INTERMINGLED WITH ROCKS AND CAVERNS. ASIA AND PANTHEA PASS INTO IT. TWO YOUNG FAUNS ARE SITTING ON A ROCK LISTENING.

SCENE 2.3: A PINNACLE OF ROCK AMONG MOUNTAINS. ASIA AND PANTHEA.

SCENE 2.4: THE CAVE OF DEMOGORGON. ASIA AND PANTHEA.

SCENE 2.5: THE CAR PAUSES WITHIN A CLOUD ON THE TOP OF A SNOWY MOUNTAIN. ASIA, PANTHEA, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE HOUR.

[MUSIC.]

END OF ACT 2.

ACT 3.

SCENE 3.1: HEAVEN. JUPITER ON HIS THRONE; THETIS AND THE OTHER DEITIES ASSEMBLED.

SCENE 3.2: THE MOUTH OF A GREAT RIVER IN THE ISLAND ATLANTIS. OCEAN IS DISCOVERED RECLINING NEAR THE SHORE; APOLLO STANDS BESIDE HIM.

SCENE 3.3: CAUCASUS. PROMETHEUS, HERCULES, IONE, THE EARTH, SPIRITS, ASIA, AND PANTHEA, BORNE IN THE CAR WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE HOUR. HERCULES UNBINDS PROMETHEUS, WHO DESCENDS.

SCENE 3.4: A FOREST. IN THE BACKGROUND A CAVE. PROMETHEUS, ASIA, PANTHEA, IONE, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH.

[THE SPIRIT OF THE HOUR ENTERS.]

END OF ACT 3.

ACT 4.

SCENE 4.1: A PART OF THE FOREST NEAR THE CAVE OF PROMETHEUS. PANTHEA AND IONE ARE SLEEPING: THEY AWAKEN GRADUALLY DURING THE FIRST SONG.

[A TRAIN OF DARK FORMS AND SHADOWS PASSES BY CONFUSEDLY, SINGING.]

CANCELLED FRAGMENTS OF "PROMETHEUS UNBOUND".

NOTE ON "PROMETHEUS UNBOUND", BY MRS. SHELLEY.

THE CENCI.

A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.

DEDICATION, TO LEIGH HUNT, ESQ.

PERCY B. SHELLEY.

THE CENCI.

PREFACE.

THE CENCI: A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

COUNT FRANCESCO CENCI. GIACOMO, BERNARDO, HIS SONS. CARDINAL CAMILLO. PRINCE COLONNA. ORSINO, A PRELATE. SAVELLA, THE POPE'S LEGATE. OLIMPIO, MARZIO, ASSASSINS. ANDREA, SERVANT TO CENCI. NOBLES. JUDGES. GUARDS, SERVANTS. LUCRETIA, WIFE OF CENCI AND STEP-MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. BEATRICE, HIS DAUGHTER.