The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 1 (of 2)

THE REAL SHELLEY.
NEW VIEWS OF THE POET’S LIFE.
BY JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON, AUTHOR OF ‘THE REAL LORD BYRON,’ ‘A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS,’ ‘A BOOK ABOUT LAWYERS,’ &c. &c.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1885. All Rights reserved.
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THE REAL SHELLEY.
THE SHELLEY OF ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHY.
Creators of The Romantic Shelley—Clint’s Fanciful Composition—The Poet’s Personal Appearance—His Little Turn-up Nose—His Ancestral Quality—Sussexisms of his Speech and Poetry—His Phenomenal Untruthfulness—His Temperance and Intemperance—A Victim of Domestic Persecution—Was The Necessity of Atheism a mere Squib?—Lord Eldon’s Decree—The Slaughter of Reputations—The Poet’s Character—His Treatment of his familiar Friend—Biographic Fictions—Extravagances of Shelleyan Enthusiasm.