Posthumous Poems

Posthumous Poems
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AuthorPercy Bysshe Shelley
GenrePoetry
PublishedLondon: C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824

Posthumous Poems is a collection of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, with a preface by his widow Mary Shelley, which was published in 1824 in London by John and Henry L. Hunt.[1][2]

Publication

Ruth S. Granniss makes the following statement about the circumstances of the publication: "It was with difficulty that a publisher was found for the book, the sale of two hundred and fifty copies being guaranteed by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Bryan Waller Proctor ("Barry Cornwall") and Thomas Forbes Felsall [sic?]. The original intention to include certain prose pieces was abandoned on account of the size of the volume."[1]

Contents

The collection consists of a preface by Mary Shelley written in London on June 1, 1824. The first poems selected are unpublished posthumous poems. Poems are also listed under "Miscellaneous Poems", "Fragments", and "Translations". The newly published poems are The Witch of Atlas, Julian and Maddalo, and The Triumph of Life. Shelley's previously published poem is also included: Mont Blanc from History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) and a different poem with the same title Mutability as the one from Frankenstein (1818) and Alastor (1816).

The poems contained in the collection include[3]:

References

  1. ^ a b Granniss 1923, p. 81.
  2. ^ Wilson, Patrick J. "Shelley's Posthumous Ditty". International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences (IJELS), Vol-4, Issue-3, May-June, 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2025
  3. ^ Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1824). Shelley, Mary (ed.). Posthumous Poems. London: C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt.

Sources

  • Granniss, Ruth S. (1923). A descriptive catalogue of the first editions in book form of the writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on a memorial exhibition held at The Grolier Club from April 20, to May 20, 1922. New York: The Grolier Club. pp. 78–81.
  • Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1824). Shelley, Mary (ed.). Posthumous Poems. London: C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt.
  • Wilson, Patrick J. "Shelley's Posthumous Ditty". International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences (IJELS), Vol-4, Issue-3, May-June, 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2025

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