A Preface to Shelley [1 ed.] 9780582353695

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Preface Books A seriesof scholarly and critical studiesof major writers, intended for those needing modern and authoritative guidancethrough the characteristic difficulties of their work to reach an intelligent understandingand enjoyment of it. General Editor:

MAURICE HUSSEY

A Prefaceto Wordsworth A Prefaceto Donne A Prefaceto JaneAusten A Prefaceto Yeats A Prefaceto Pope A Prefaceto Hardy A Prefaceto J amesJoyce A Prefaceto Hopkins A Prefaceto Conrad A Prefaceto Lawrence A Prefaceto Forster A Prefaceto Auden A Prefaceto Dickens A Prefaceto Shelley A Prefaceto Keats A Prefaceto GeorgeEliot

JOHN PURKIS JAMES WINNY CHRISTOPHERGILLIE EDWARD MALINS I.R.F. GORDON MERRYN WILLIAMS SYDNEY BOLT GRAHAM STOREY CEDRIC WATTS GAMINI SALGADO CHRISTOPHERGILLIE ALLAN RODWA Y ALLAN GRANT PATRICIA HODGART CEDRIC WATTS JOHN PURKIS

A Preface to Shelley Patricia Hodgart

Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK

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