Bøker av Stuart M. Sperry

Originally published in 1973, this study of John Keats established a frame of reference for the reading of Keats's works which was rooted in mainstream criticism, but which also pointed the way towards the new deconstructive and revisionary approaches of criticism used today.

Shelley has long been viewed as a dreamer isolated from reality, a "beautiful and ineffectual angel," in Arnold's words. In contrast, Sperry's book emphasizes the life forces originating in the poet's childhood that impelled and shaped his career, and reasserts Shelley's relevance to the social and cultural dilemmas of contemporary life.