Lecture 3 of book 2 Percy Bysshe Shelley书2佩尔西比希雪莱3讲座.pptVIP

Lecture 3 of Book Two Percy Bysshe Shelley I. Life: born in 1792, at Fieldplace near-Horsham in Sussex;, Shelley was gentle and kind by nature, but he had a stout heart. He could not stand any injustice. At Eton he was known as Mad Shelley”. At this time he was much influenced by the utopian-socialist doctrines of William Godwin. Then he went to Oxford, where he took part in progressive activities and soon came into sharp conflict with the university authorities. In 1811 Shelley published an anti-religious pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism, believing that religion was an instrument of op