Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts

Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts - Paperback

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Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts

Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts - Paperback

by Percy Bysshe Shelley
$22.88
Sale price  $22.88 Regular price 

Book Overview

One of the most ambitious dramatic poems ever written, Percy Bysshe Shelley's Prometheus Unbound tells the story of the Titan Prometheus who gave mankind the secret of fire in open defiance to the decrees of Zeus, and who, as punishment for this generosity, was chained to the Caucasus Mountains and exposed to horrible tortures. Inspired by the Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus, Shelley's play serves as a sort of sequel, matching its Greek predecessor in stature and pure poetic power. It depicts its philanthropist hero's ultimate triumph over the superstition and bigotry of the gods. As Shelley himself stated in his Defence of Poetry, Prometheus Unbound awakens and enlarges the mind.

ISBN9780615149752
Author Percy Bysshe Shelley
PublisherBlack Box Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages100
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley Cian Duffy is Professor of English Literature at Lund University, Sweden. His research examines various aspects of the intellectual life and cultural history of Europe during the Romantic period, particularly the Shelley circle, the sublime, and Romanticism in the Nordic countries. Recent publications include (as editor) The Cambridge Companion to the Romantic Sublime (2023) and British Romanticism and Denmark (2022). Anna Mercer is a lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff University. She is the author of The Collaborative Literary Relationship of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2019) as well as a range of articles on the Shelley circle and the Coleridge family. She has worked closely with the Keats House Museum in Hampstead, London, since 2017, and she founded The Shelley Conference that same year.

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