PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY - powerpoint temast (inglisekeelne)
On 28 July 1814, Shelley abandoned his family and ran
away with Mary (also 16, later author of Frankenstein)
Sailed to Europe, crossed France, and settled in Switzerland
After six weeks they returned to England
In the autumn of 1815 he wrote Alastor, or The Spirit of
Solitude
Shelley's estranged wife Harriet drowned herself and
custody of the children was given to foster parents
Contact with Byron encouraged Shelley to
write again (Julian and Maddalo)
The Shelleys travelled around various Italian
cities
Spent the summer of 1819 writing a tragedy,
The Cenci, in Livorno
Inspired by the death of Keats, in 1821 Shelley
wrote the elegy Adonais
Shelley, Byron and Hunt wanted to establish a
journal, that would be called The Liberal
On 8 July 1822 Shelley drowned
A mass of evidence that Shelley may have been murdered
Was cremated on the beach near Viareggio
After his death The Courier gloated: "Shelley, the writer of