{"product_id":"the-complete-poetry-of-percy-bysshe-shelley-volume-2-9780801878749","title":"The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinners of an Honorable Mention from the Modern Language Association's Prize for a Distinguished Scholarly Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting to his publisher in 1813, Shelley expressed the hope that two of his major works \"should form one volume\"; nearly two centuries later, the second volume of the Johns Hopkins edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e fulfills that wish for the first time. This volume collects two important pieces: \u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Esdaile Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e. Privately issued in 1813, \u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e was perhaps Shelley's most intellectually ambitious work, articulating his views of science, politics, history, religion, society, and individual human relations. Subtitled \u003ci\u003eA Philosophical Poem: With Notes\u003c\/i\u003e, it became his most influential--and pirated--poem during much of the nineteenth century, a favorite among reformers and radicals. \u003ci\u003eThe Esdaile Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, a cycle of fifty-eight early poems, exhibits an astonishing range of verse forms. Unpublished until 1964, this sequence is vital in understanding how the poet mastered his craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in the acclaimed first volume, these works have been critically edited by Donald H. Reiman and Neil Fraistat. The poems are presented as Shelley intended, with textual variants included in footnotes. Following the poems are extensive discussions of the circumstances of their composition and the influences they reflect; their publication or circulation by other means; their reception at the time of publication and in the decades since; their re-publication, both authorized and unauthorized; and their place in Shelley's intellectual and aesthetic development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Percy Bysshe Shelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.56w x 2.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801878749","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43028631847049,"sku":"9780801878749","price":142.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_da69c4f6-cdaa-4a41-b7d8-f84569ea2959.jpg?v=1728366871","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-complete-poetry-of-percy-bysshe-shelley-volume-2-9780801878749","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}