This is the second volume of a three-volume edition of the complete poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. The edition presents all known poems by Shelley, fully annotated and arranged in chronological order. Volume one appeared in 1989 and was acclaimed as a major landmark in Shelley scholarship. When the three volumes are complete they will form the only fully inclusive chronological edition of Shelley's poetry.
This volume makes extensive use of the Shelley manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and draws on the substantial new research which has appeared over the last ten years on Shelley's text and contexts, and on members of his circle such as Mary Shelley, Byron, Godwin, and others. It offers significant new datings and contextual exposition of major works including Prometheus Unbound, Laon and Cythna, Julian and Maddalo, The Cenci, and Shelley's translations from the Greek, notably his highly original translation of Euripides' The Cyclops. There are also comprehensive treatments of some of Shelley's best known shorter poems, such as 'Lines written among the Euganean Hills' and 'Ozymandias'.
The annotation demonstrates the extraordinary range and richness of Shelley's literary intelligence, and situates his work in the revolutionary politics and social upheaval of the early ninetenth century. The text and annotation are supported by an extensive bibliography, a chronology, indexes, and appendices which include a detailed examination of the history of the Cenci story.
Kelvin Everest is Bradley Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Liverpool. The late Geoffrey Matthews was Reader in English at the University of Reading. He died in 1984. The second volume includessubstantial items by three contributing editors. Jack Donovan, of the University of York, has edited Laon and Cythna. Ralph Pite, of the University of Liverpool, has edited Julian and Maddalo. Michael Rossington, of the University of Newcastle, has edited The Cenci.

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Shelley's rough draft of Ozymandias', from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Kelvin Everest, Geoffrey Matthews Preface to Volume Two, Kelvin Everest, Geoffrey Matthews Chronological Table of Shelley's Life and Publications, Kelvin Everest, Geoffrey Matthews The Poemsfn1_1 'Frail clouds arrayed in sunlight lose the glory', Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jack Donovanfn2_1 Laon and Cythna, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jack Donovanfn3_1 Appendix, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jack Donovan Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue, Percy Bysshe Shelley Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe ShelleyAthanase, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTo Constantia, Percy Bysshe Shelley 'arise sweet Mary rise', Percy Bysshe Shelley'My head is heavy, my limbs are weary', Percy Bysshe Shelley'Serene in his unconquerable might', Percy Bysshe ShelleyAddress to the Human Mind, Percy Bysshe Shelley'Great Spirit whom the sea of boundless mind', Percy Bysshe Shelley'My spirit like a charmèd bark doth swim', Percy Bysshe Shelley'To thirst and find no fill', Percy Bysshe Shelley To Constantia, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTranslations of the Homeric Hymns, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTo Castor and Pollux, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTo the Moon, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTo the Sun, Percy Bysshe Shelley To the Earth, Mother of All, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTo Minerva, Percy Bysshe Shelley Hymn to Venus, Percy Bysshe Shelley Lament forJulian and Maddalo: A Conversation, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ralph Pite 'How pale and cold thou art in thy despair', Percy Bysshe ShelleyRetribution: from Moschus, Percy Bysshe ShelleyTranslation of Part ofThe Cenci, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Michael Rossington The Contents of Shelley's Collections Of 1819 and 1820, Kelvin Everest, Geoffrey Matthews An Historical Note on the Cenci Story and the Sources of Shelley's Knowledge of it, Michael Rossington;