Introducing:

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poet and Revolutionary
By Jacqueline Mulhallen

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About the book:
This new biography by playwright and activist Jacqueline Mulhallen will emphasise the political, revolutionary side of Shelley’s life and will be a valuable contribution to the existing literature on this important artist. 

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About the author:

Jacqueline Mulhallen’s The Theatre of Shelley (Open Book Publishers, 2010) has been internationally acclaimed. She contributed a chapter on Shelley to The Oxford Handbook to Georgian Theatre (OUP, 2014) shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize 2015.

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Praise for Percy Bysshe Shelley: 

‘To really appreciate the work of Percy Shelley you have to understand the political and cultural context of his time. This book takes you there. Humankind needed Shelley back then, and this book reminds us of how much we need him now. It is an honest, straightforward, revolutionary look at a truly revolutionary life. The world needs more Shelley, the world needs this book.’
Benjamin Zephaniah

‘In this compelling and eye-opening study, Jacqueline Mulhallen demonstrates how Percy Bysshe Shelley’s passionate humanitarianism enlightens every aspect of the revolutionary agenda that informs all his writing, poetry and prose alike. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, Mulhallen’s book reminds us anew of that great Romantic’s robust socio-political vision, a vision that remains as relevant and vital for our own volatile times as it was for his some two centuries ago if not even more so.’
Stephen C. Behrendt; George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English, University of Nebraska

‘Fresh, clear and compelling, this is the best compact account of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s revolutionary life currently available. Jacqueline Mulhallen places Shelley vividly in his own times, and shows how and why his imagination, vision and new exciting art offer such inspiring examples to us now.’
Nicholas Roe, Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews

‘Full of suggestive insights and highly readable, this is an absorbing study of Shelley’s life, thought, and writing. Jacqueline Mulhallen has written a valuable book; she is especially good on Shelley’s revolutionary significance.’
Michael O’Neill, Professor of English, Durham University

‘This book provides a fresh and impassioned account of the significance of Shelley's radical life and writings. It handles an array of historical and biographical contexts with clarity and skill, and takes on board the findings of recent scholarship. A fine and highly readable achievement.’
Michael Rossington, Professor of Romantic Literature, Newcastle University
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Paperback | 9780745334615 | £12.99 / $20 / €17
Hardback | 9780745334622 | £50 / $80 / €65
Kindle | 9781783717040 | £12.99 / $20
EPUB | 9781783717033 | £12.99 / $20
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