Romantic poetry and prose
revolution brought along by nature and the virtuousness of humans.
1815 Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude Alastor comes from Roman mythology, meaning "evil genius". The name does
not refer to the hero or Poet of the poem, but instead to the spirit who divinely animates the Poet's imagination.
1817 Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
1817 The Revolt of Islam is a poem cantered on two characters named Laon and Cythna, who initiate a bloodless
revolution against the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Despite its title, the poem does not have anything to do with
Islam in particular, though the general subject of religion is addressed.
1920 Prometheus Unbound is a four-act poetic play concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure
Prometheus and his suffering at the hands of Zeus. It is inspired by Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound and concerns
Prometheus' release from captivity