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1、SHELLEYANDTHEREVOLUTIONARYSUBLIMEAmajornewstudyofPercyShelley’sintellectuallifeandpoeticcareer,ShelleyandtheRevolutionarySublimeidentifiesShelley’sfasci-nationwithsublimenaturalphenomenaasakeyelementinhisunderstandingofthewayideaslike‘nature’and‘imagination’informedthesocia
2、landpoliticalstructuresoftheRomanticperiod.OfferingagenuinelyfreshsetofperspectivesonShelley’stextsandcontexts,CianDuffyarguesthatShelley’sengagementwiththeBritishandFrenchdiscourseonthesublimehadaprofoundinflu-enceonhiswritingaboutpoliticalchangeinthatageofrevolutionarycri
3、sis.ExaminingShelley’sextensiveuseofsublimeimageryandmetaphor,DuffyoffersnotonlyasubstantialreassessmentofShelley’sworkbutalsoasignificantre-appraisaloftheroleofthesublimeintheculturalhistoryofBritainduringtheRomanticperiod.CIANDUFFYisaPostdoctoralResearchFellowintheCentref
4、orEighteenth-CenturyStudiesattheUniversityofYork.CAMBRIDGESTUDIESINROMANTICISMGeneraleditorsProfessorMarilynButlerProfessorJamesChandlerUniversityofOxfordUniversityofChicagoEditorialboardJohnBarrell,UniversityofYorkPaulHamilton,UniversityofLondonMaryJacobus,UniversityofCamb
5、ridgeClaudiaJohnson,PrincetonUniversityAlanLiu,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraSusanManning,UniversityofEdinburghJeromeMcGann,UniversityofVirginiaDavidSimpson,UniversityofCalifornia,DavisThisseriesaimstofosterthebestnewworkinoneofthemostchallengingfieldswithinEnglishlite
6、rarystudies.Fromtheearly1780stotheearly1830saformidablearrayoftalentedmenandwomentooktoliterarycomposition,notjustinpoetry,whichsomeofthemfamouslytransformed,butinmanymodesofwriting.Theexpansionofpublishingcreatednewopportunitiesforwriters,andthepoliticalstakesofwhattheywro
7、tewereraisedagainbywhatWordsworthcalledthose‘greatnationalevents’thatwere‘almostdailytakingplace’:theFrenchRevolution,theNapoleonicandAmericanwars,urbanisation,industrialisation,religiousrevival,anexpandedempireabroadandthereformmovementathome.Thiswasanenormousambition,even
8、whenitpretendedotherwise.Therelationsbetweenscience,philosophy,religionandliteratu