Shelley’s “England in 1819” describes George III as “old, mad, blind, despised and dying.” Some of these descriptors apply to Trump.
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Percy Shelley’s Cry for Freedom
“England in 1819,” written to protest George III and the Peterloo Massacre, sounds all too relevant today.
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Immunity for Trump? Bring Back George III
Since the U.S. Supreme Court seems determined to restore monarchy (at least with regard to Trump), here’s a Shelley George III poem.
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Hiding behind the “I” in Lit Essays
Using “I” in literature essays doesn’t necessarily lead to more engagement with the work.
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Egypt’s Glorious Phantom Bursts Through
I’ve been looking for literature that can speak to the earth-shaking events going on in Egypt. Poetry seems almost unable to do justice to the joy that people are feeling as they revel in a vision of liberty. Maybe this sonnet by Percy Shelley gets at their breakthrough. On August 16, 1819, a large but […]
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