Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Percy Bysshe Shelley Resume

Name: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Born: August 4, 1792

Died: July 8, 1822 (drowned)

Education:
-Sion House Academy, 1802-1804
-Eton College, 1804-1810
-Former Oxford student, 1810-1811

Previous occupation: Romantic Poet

Noticeable works:
-"Ozymandias"
-"Ode to the West Wind"
-"Queen Mab"
- Prometheus Unbound

Associates:
-Lord Byron
-Thomas Jefferson Hog
-Robert Browning

Medical history: Previous cases of nervous anxiety

Personal beliefs:
-A non-conformist with revolutionary and radical ideas.
-Atheism
-Vegetarianism
-Anitauthoritarian

Personal life:
-Married Harriet Westbrook (first wife) and had two children with her.
-After Harriet died, Shelley married Mary Godwin (second wife) and had three children with her.


Works Cited

Everett, Glenn. "Shelley Biography." The Victorian Web. July 2000. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <victorianweb.org/previctorian/shelley/bio.html&gt>.

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.
 
"Percy Bysshe Shelley." Mahalo. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <mahalo.com/stub/percy-bysshe-shelley&gt>.







1 comment:

  1. That was a wonderful poem. I loved the waffle reference. It was amazing.

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