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