Greece in Shelley’s Laon and Cythna

This paper offers a close reading of the presence of Greece in Laon and Cythna (1817), Shelley’s longest narrative poem and known also for the revised version The Revolt of Islam (1818). Shelley’s idealisation of Greece informs crucial aspects of Laon and Cythna including description, theme and hist...

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Main Author: Lawrence Masakazu Yoneta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2014-07-01
Series:Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts
Online Access:http://www.atiner.gr/journals/humanities/2014-1-3-3-Yoneta.pdf