Shelley's Italian Experience

Focusing on Shelley''s ''Italian experience'', the present study both addresses itself to the living context which nurtured Shelley''s creativity, and explores a neglected but essential component of his work. The poet''s four years of self-exile in Italy (1818-1822) were, in fact, the most decisive of his career. As he responded to Italy, his poetry acquired a new subtlety and complexity of vision...