Percy Bysshe Shelley雪莱(作品总).ppt

Shelley (1792—1822) . Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1827), English Romantic poet who rebelled against English politics and conservative values. He is one of the supreme geniuses of English literature, as a lyric poet. Shelley drew no essential distinction between poetry and politics, and his work reflected the radical ideas and revolutionary optimism of the era. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Life Story Major Literary Works Features of Shelley’s Poetry His Position in English Literature Life Story Born into a wealthy family at Sussex, England on August 4, 1792; Attended Eton College in 1804; went on to Oxford University six years later; called “mad Shelley”; Expelled from Oxford and disinherited in 1811 for his pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism ; Eloped and then married Harriet Westbrook in 1811; Separated from Harriet and eloped with Marry Godwin to Europe in 1814; Harriet’s drowning in 1816 left him a bad reputation as an “immoralist”; Left England in 1818 and stayed in Italy for the remaining 4 years of his life; Drowned off Leghorn on July 8, 1822 . Percy Bysshe Shelley 作者简介 ??? 波西·比希·雪莱(1792-1822)出身于贵族家庭，1810年10月进入牛津大学，半年后，因印发《无神论的必然性》(The Necessity of Atheism)小册子而被开除。离开学校后，雪莱来到伦敦，结识了哈丽特(Harriat Westbrook)并与之结婚。1812年，雪莱到爱尔兰，为激励爱尔兰人民争取自由而活动和写作。1814 年 7月雪莱与妻子哈丽雅特分手，不久与玛丽·戈德温(Marry Goldwin，即著名女作家Marry Shelley)结合。1818年，雪莱被迫离开英国，到意大利定居。1822年，雪莱在海上遇难，时年30岁。雪莱一生创作勤奋，在去意大利前创作的重要诗作有长诗《麦布女王》(Queen Mab, 1813)和《伊斯兰的反叛》(The Revolt of Islam, 1817)。在意大利生活的最后几年是他创作最旺盛的时期，他先后完成了诗剧《解放了的普罗米修斯》(Prometheus Unbound, 1819) 和《钦契》(The Cenci, 1819)，以及悼念济慈的《阿多尼》(Adonais, 1821)等。此外雪莱还创作了大量充满激情的政治诗歌和脍炙人口的抒情诗，如《1819年的英国》(“England in 1819”，1819) 和《西风颂》(“Ode to the West Wind”， 1819)等。雪莱的文论著作有《诗辩》(A Defence of Poetry， 1821)。 Artistic Points of View A lifelong aversion (厌恶) to cruelty, injustice, authority, institutional religion and the formal shams of respectable society; condemning war, tyranny and exploitation; Influenced by Christian humanism and predicating that only through gradual