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A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays — Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays

Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 74 pages

A collection of essays by Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The central piece considers the nature and value of poetry, while other essays explore themes such as virtue and love. Worth listening for its lyrical reflections on art, morality, and imagination.

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Contents

  1. A DEFENCE OF POETRY AND OTHER ESSAYS
  2. ON LOVE
  3. ON A FUTURE STATE
  4. ON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH
  5. SPECULATIONS ON METAPHYSICS
  6. SPECULATIONS ON MORALS
  7. CHAPTER I ON THE NATURE OF VIRTUE
  8. CHAPTER II
  9. ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE, THE ARTS, AND THE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS
  10. ON THE SYMPOSIUM, OR PREFACE TO THE BANQUET OF PLATO
  11. A DEFENCE OF POETRY
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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