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1、ShelleyShelleySydneyWaterlow1ShelleyCHAPTERIShelleyandHisAgeInthecaseofmostgreatwritersourinterestinthemaspersonsisderivedfromoutinterestinthemaswriters;wearenotverycuriousaboutthemexceptforreasonsthathavesomethingtodowiththeirart.WithShelleyitisdifferent.Duringhislifehearousedfearsand
2、hatreds,lovesandadorations,thatwerequiteirrelevanttoliterature;andevennow,whenhehasbecomeaclassic,hestillcausesexcitementasaman.Hisloversareasvehementasever.Forthemheisthe"banneroffreedom,"which,"Tornbutflying,Streamslikeathunder-cloudagainstthewind."Hehassufferedthatworstindignityofca
3、nonisationasabeingsaintlyandsuperhuman,notsubjecttothemoralityofordinarymortals.Hehasbeenbedaubedwithpathos.Neverthelessitispossiblestilltorecogniseinhimoneofthemostengagingpersonalitiesthateverlived.Whatisthesecretofthischarm?Hehadmanycharacteristicsthatbelongtothemosttiresomenatures;
4、heevenhadthequalitiesofthemanastowhomonewonderswhetherpartialinsanitymaynotbehisbestexcuse--inconstancyexpressingitselfinhystericalrevulsionsoffeeling,completelackofbalance,pronenesstoactrecklesslytothehurtofothers.Yethewaslovedandrespectedbycontemporariesoftastesverydifferentfromhisow
5、n,whoweregoodjudgesandintolerantofbores--byByron,whowasapttocarelittleforanyone,leastofallforpoets,excepthimself;byPeacock,whopouredlaughteronallenthusiasms;andbyHogg,who,thoughslightlyeccentric,wasaToryeccentric.Thefactisthat,withallhisdefects,hehadtwoqualitieswhich,combined,aresoattr
6、activethatthereisscarcelyanythingtheywillnotredeem--perfectsinceritywithoutathoughtofself,andvividemotionalforce.Allhisfaultsaswellashisvirtueswere,moreover,derivedfromacertainstrongfeeling,colouredinapeculiarwaywhichwillbeexplainedinwhatfollows--asortofardourofuniversalbenevolence.One
7、ofhislettersendswiththesewords:"Affectionatelovetoandfromall.Thisoughttobenotonlythevaleofaletter,butasuperscriptionoverthegateoflife"--wordswhich,expressing2ShelleynotmerelyShelley'sopinionofwhatoughttobe,butwhatheactuallyfelt,revealtheultimatereasonwhyheisstillloved,andthereason,to
