"Adonais" and the Death of Poetry

Percy Shelley's "Adonais" has been called a "metaphysical defence of suicide," and often the poem's apocalyptic scorn of meditation is stressed. The poem is examined for its turn deathward in the light of its concomitant turn to the past.

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Published in:Studies in romanticism 1993-10, Vol.32 (3), p.425-451
Main Author: Ulmer, William A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Belgium
British & Irish literature
Death
Death & dying
Elegies
English literature
French speaking and English speaking literatures
French speaking literatures
Historicism
History and sciences of litterature
History of literature
Immortality
Literary criticism
Literary tropes
Pastoral poetry
Poetry
Romantic poetry
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Stanzas
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Summary:Percy Shelley's "Adonais" has been called a "metaphysical defence of suicide," and often the poem's apocalyptic scorn of meditation is stressed. The poem is examined for its turn deathward in the light of its concomitant turn to the past.
ISSN:0039-3762
2330-118X
DOI:10.2307/25601022