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Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024

I bought this book to replace my older Shelley, which was literally falling apart. Read Julian and Maddalo, The Cenci, Mont Blanc: Shelley is an absolutely essential writer!

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Belsie

Unfortunate experience with delivery and book quality

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2024

I received my package crammed into the PO box, which was bad enough, but it got even worse once I opened the package. My book had these black stains at the head of the pages, which upset me and a sticker on the back which isn't on any other of the Oxford editions I own. However, I'm enjoying the poems themselves.

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Michael Wulff

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Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024

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I bought this book to replace my older Shelley, which was literally falling apart. Read Julian and Maddalo, The Cenci, Mont Blanc: Shelley is an absolutely essential writer!

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sid1gen

Best one-volume Shelley anthology so far

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2014

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First the complaints. One, the Introduction is a meager 14 pages which cannot, and does not, do justice to a poet such as Shelley. the Intro leaves me wanting a lot more. In fact, it makes me positively pine for the kind of introductions for which both Catedra and Castalia (two Spanish Publishing Houses) are justly famous among scholars and students: a talented rebel and rake-hell like Shelley deserves at least 80 pages worth of intro. One chooses to read fourteen or fifty, but the offering should be commensurate with the artist.

Two, I wanted the entire original text of LAON AND CYTHNA to be included here; it isn't. We have the original two initial cantos and then original ms copies of notes and drafts. It's a good effort, but not the whole poem. Now I'm starting to doubt the entire original that Shelley sent to his publisher before he was prevailed-upon to change it even exists. In defense of this edition, the back-cover blurb warns readers that Laon and Cythna is excerpted.

My two complaints are not enough to rate this effort any less than five stars, however. The paper could have been of better quality and so could the cover. Now that I'm at it, the painting on the cover could, and should, be replaced. But the texts included are a treasure. This anthology is indeed the best one-volume anthology of Shelley available. With 135 pages of notes to help in the understanding of the poems, the poet, and his times, there is no reason not to buy it if you like the Romantics, or Shelley, or good poetry, period.

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Chessur

Fantastic collecion for Shelley enthusiasts

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2009

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This is a comprehensive collection of Shelley's works including plays, poems and other works. Recommend for the Shelley enthusiast, casual Shelley fan and anyone majoring in English (BA, MA, PhD...) very useful resource for myself, classmates and my professors (I am an English MA student myself.) Includes both well known works (Promethius Unbound, Ozymandias etc etc..) as well as some perhaps lesser known works (Mask of Anarchy...)
Very nice collection for any personal library, especially for the price.

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colombiankitty

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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014

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We love Shelley's poems and my daughter, Rose Marie Xiomara reads them and rewrites them to fit her life - excellent book at excellent price

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Nayely Arredondo

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2015

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The book arrived ok and it was not dammaged at all

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Darren

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2015

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2012

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not complete enough..many works are abridged esp laon and cythna...the annotations are superb and the text is very readable..good edition

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R. J. Anderson

Haha! I own this and you don't yet!

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2008

OK, maybe that was a bit mean-spirited, but it is just to invoke you into buying this book. It is fantastic. Percy Shelley is a genius. Very tongue in cheek, still wwwaaaaayyyyy romantic-y, quite deacadant. Buy it. You have to.

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