A Defence Of Poetry And Other Essays

Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the most well-known poets of the Romantic period, published a collection of essays titled "A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays" in 1818. Several notable articles that provide deep insights on the nature and function of poetry, as well as other subjects including art, politics, and society, are included in this book. In literary criticism, the article with the same title, "A Defence of Poetry," is regarded as a classic. According to Shelley, poetry has a strong ...