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Ronald Walter Harris. 13 : Shelley and the Spirit of Liberty THERE are a number of themes which may be said to run through Shelley's poetry , and one of the most important is that of the necessity of liberty to the human spirit . Much of ...
Ronald Walter Harris. 13 : Shelley and the Spirit of Liberty THERE are a number of themes which may be said to run through Shelley's poetry , and one of the most important is that of the necessity of liberty to the human spirit . Much of ...
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... Shelley stood for justice , peace and love . Herein lay the weakest link in Shelley's argument , for his Spirit of Nature was not in truth the spirit which science had revealed , but the old view of Paradise which would come for all ...
... Shelley stood for justice , peace and love . Herein lay the weakest link in Shelley's argument , for his Spirit of Nature was not in truth the spirit which science had revealed , but the old view of Paradise which would come for all ...
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... Shelley's first thought had been to make them brother and sister , for incest was an idea which fascinated the Romantics , both as an unusual experience , and as likely to satisfy the need for a perfect identity of feelings and ...
... Shelley's first thought had been to make them brother and sister , for incest was an idea which fascinated the Romantics , both as an unusual experience , and as likely to satisfy the need for a perfect identity of feelings and ...
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Contents Acknowledgements 6 | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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