Shelley edit 英国文学史及选读课件.ppt

Quotes Life may change, but it may fly not;Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, but it returneth. Mary Shelley’s Comments Shelley loved the people and respected them as often more virtuous, as always more suffering, and therefore more deserving of sympathy, then the great. He believed that a clash between the two classes of society was inevitable, and he eagerly ranged himself on the people’s side. Shelley’s Life Shelley’s Life Shelley’s Life 2. His Literary Works 1) Zastrozzi, 《柴斯特罗齐》，written when in Eton. 2) The Necessity of Atheism, 《无神论的必要性》，written when in Oxford University 3) Address to the Irish People， 《告爱尔兰人民书》 His Literary Works 4) Queen Mab, 《仙后麦布》，written when in London. 5）The Revolt of Islam《伊斯兰的反叛》 6）The Masque of Anarchy《暴政的行列》 His Literary Works 7) Prometheus Unbound, 《解放了的普罗米修斯》，written when in Italy. 8) The Cenci《钦契一家》 9) A Defence of Poetry, 《诗辩》，written when in Italy. Comments on Shelley 1. Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language. 2. Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters. 3. He called on the people to overthrow the rule of tyranny and injustice and prophesied（预言）a happy and free life for mankind. Comments on Shelley 4. He stood for this social and political ideal all his life. 5. He and Byron are justifiably (justly, rightly) regarded as the two great poets of the revolutionary romanticism in England. Comments on Shelley 6. Byron, his best friend, said of Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew”. Wordsworth said, “Shelley is one of the best artists of us all”. Show his boundless love of nature Ode to the West Wind A note given by Shelley reads, “This poem was conceived and chiefly written in a wood that skirts the Arno(亚诺河), near Florence, and on a day when that tempestuous(暴风雨的) wind, whose temperature is at once mild and animating(鼓舞生气的), was collecting the vapo