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Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛli/
Definition of Shelley, Percy Bysshe
  • (1792–1822), English poet. He was a leading figure of the romantic movement with radical political views. Notable works include Queen Mab (political poems, 1813), Prometheus Unbound (lyrical drama, 1820), The Defence of Poetry (essay, 1821), and Adonais (1821), an elegy on the death of Keats.

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