Jacke takes a look at the early years of Percy Bysshe Shelley, from his idyllic childhood, to his rebellious student years, to his experiments in free love, radical politics, and Wordsworthian poetry. Works discussed include "Queen Mab," "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty," "Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude," "Mont Blanc," "Mutability ["We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon"], and "To Wordsworth."
Additional listening suggestions:
John Keats
More John Keats
306 Keats's Great Odes (with Anahid Nersessian)
307 Keats's Ode to Psyche
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know - The Story of Lord Byron
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