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Percy Bysshe Shelley and the Sciences
Author(s) -
Borushko Matthew C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2005.00205.x
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , poetry , criticism , context (archaeology) , literature , philosophy , psychology , art , history , social psychology , archaeology
The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) followed advances in the sciences with enthusiasm. This essay sketches the biographical details and historical context of Shelley's interest in science, and shows how past and present literary criticism has interpreted the influence of science on Shelley's poetry.