Shelley's Spasmodic Afterlife
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2015
Keywords
Spasmodic Poets, Percy Shelley, Sydney Dobell
Abstract
Shelley's political legacy passed through an often-neglected school of writers to world leaders and revolutionaries globally in the decades following his death. When assessing his legacy, we should not overlook those early, ardent appreciators known as "the Spasmodic School." Alexander Smith, Sydney Dobell, J. Stanyan Bigg, and even James Thomson B.V. took Shelley's call to a revolution conducted through imaginative sympathy seriously, and together, helped to fan his "fading coal" to flame.
Recommended Citation
“Shelley’s Spasmodic Afterlife.” Romantic Circles Praxis Series: The Politics of Shelley: History, Theory, Form. ed. Matthew Borushko. September 2015.
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