The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III

<p><I>The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III</I> (1914) compiles some of Percy Bysshe Shelley's best-known works as a leading poet playwright and political thinker of the nineteenth century. As a leading figure among the English Romantics Shelley was a master of poetic form and tradition who recognized the need for radical change in the social order. His work has influenced such writers and intellectuals as Karl Marx Mahatma Gandhi W. B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. In this final volume of Shelley's collected works the poet's skill as a translator is on full display. Included within are translations from the Greek of Homer and Plato from the Latin of Vergil from the Spanish of Calderon from the German of Goethe and from the Italian of Dante to name only a few. In addition <I>The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III</I> contains some of Shelley's earliest works as a poet such as Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire-written with his sister and originally published in 1810-and other examples of juvenilia. Many of these poems remained unpublished upon Shelley's death including Eyes: A Fragment which made its first appearance in an 1870 edition of Shelley's works published by William Michael Rossetti. In this poem a deceptively simple lyric Shelley conflates language and vision to capture the communication made possible only through silence which allows one look [to] light a waste of years / Darting the beam that conquers cares / Through the cold shower of tears. In these fragments songs translations and youthful verses Shelley demonstrates his workmanlike ability with language a tirelessness fueled with a passion as thrilling as it must be rare. This edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley's <I>The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III</I> is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>