Shelley On The Futility of Power

<p>Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the iconic, and polarizing figures of the Romantic period in English literature, is renowned for his visionary poetry and radical ideas. His early years were marked by a passion for literature and a defining defiant demeanor that in some respects was admirable and in others was ill advised. He found some respite and refuge in his writing from a young age.</p><p>His life was marked with scandal and controversy leading to a decline in status and wealth. His wife Mary became an author of note as the creator of Frankenstein. Despite, Percy...