On the Art of Reading · Character
Shelley
The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, referenced for his poetry and radical ideas.
minor
Also known as Shelley the Jehovah
First appearance: lecture iii children s reading i
Shelley's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves On the Art of Reading—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Quoted for a stanza from 'Adonais' to illustrate the difficulty of examining poetry.
Shelley first appears in 0005 lecture iii children s reading i.
With Unknown Narrator (psychological): The narrator examines Shelley's poetry and defense of poetry as a passionate argument for the power of imaginative reading.
In Lecture V: On Reading for Examinations: Quoted for a stanza from 'Adonais' to illustrate the difficulty of examining poetry.
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See Shelley in lecture iii children s reading i