Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: Frankenstein: Texts and Contexts: Husband: Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy B. Shelley: "England in 1819"
An attack on the corrupt leaders of his day.
Percy B. Shelley: "Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts" (1820)
Prometheus, punished for bringing fire to the human race, is released from his tortures when Jupiter's supporters desert him.
Percy Bysshe Shelley: "The Mask of Anarchy: Written on the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester"
Shelley's outraged reaction to the Peterloo Massacre was not published until 1834.
Percy Shelley: "A Defence of Poetry"
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
Percy Shelley: "Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni"
His poem evoking the awful nature of the romantic sublime.
Poetry Foundation: Percy Bysshe Shelley
An extensive biographical essay on Shelley's life and writings.
Selected Prose Works (1915)
Includes the revised and expanded 1813 version of "The Necessity of Atheism."
The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 2 vols. (1914)