Who was Percy Bysshe Shelley?
Q: Who was Percy Bysshe Shelley?
A: Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet of the early nineteenth century, and is widely thought of as one of most important poets of the Romantic movement in English literature.
Q: Where was he born?
A: He was born in Horsham, Sussex.
Q: What university did he attend?
A: He attended the University of Oxford for only one year before being expelled for being an atheist.
Q: Why did he leave England?
A: He left England to travel in Europe, especially Italy, due to his unpopular political and religious views and personal conduct at home.
Q: Who did he marry?
A: He married young but left his wife to run away with Mary Godwin; after his first wife committed suicide, Shelley married Mary Godwin who later became famous as Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
Q: What works did he write during this time?
A: During this time Shelley wrote several major works like the verse drama The Cenci and long poems like Alastor and Adonais, as well as many shorter poems.
Q: How did he die?
A: About a month before his 30th birthday, Shelley drowned in a boating accident off the coast of Italy.
