Shelley

The biography traces the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley from birth and family background through his school and university years, early London life, marriages and the contentious separation from his first wife, and subsequent residences at Marlow, Pisa, and elsewhere leading to his death. It interweaves assessments of his poetic development with contemporaneous documentary material and critical sources, and the author notes later documentary revelations that prompted revisions; an appendix reworks the account of the separation. Chapters proceed chronologically, concluding with an epilogue and an index of authorities.