Publisher's Synopsis
A fully-annotated Shelley edition containing poems inspired by the poet's last four years in Italy. As well as reliable versions of the key texts, there are summaries, notes glossing difficult words or phrases and technical notes. Each poem also comes with concise biographical information and intertexts-extracts from related works, as well as letters, influences, critical material and other texts, to deepen understanding, stimulate discussion and promote wider reading.
The selection brings together Shelley's most popular poems with rarities and translations. Highlights include:- Ode to the West Wind
- To a Sky-Lark
- Lines written among The Euganean Hills
- Ode to Naples
- On The Medusa of Leonardo da Vinci
- Stanzas written in Dejection
- To Jane. The Invitation
- To Jane. The Recollection
- The Boat on the Serchio
- Evening. Ponte a Mare, Pisa.
