The result is nothing less than a fascinating, encyclopaedic account of the many genres, modes, and concerns of Shelley's writing, the many contemporary and academic approaches to that writing, and Shelley's many and varied influences on subsequent cultural texts. * Cian Duffy, European Romantic Review * ... not only contextualizes many of the recent developments in Shelley studies, but also provides new inroads into the study of his life and his works. ...[ It] fully satisfies its stated aim of providing a resource not only for seasoned academics and researchers, but also-crucially-for new readers who will extend and shape the poet's legacy in the generations to come. * The Year's Work in English Studies * Concretely historical and conceptually astute at once, and therefore to offer a full picture of Shelley's still-challenging accomplishment ... It is exhilarating to read this luminously intelligent guidebook from cover to cover. * Nathan K. Hensely, Notes and Queries * there can be little doubt that this superb addition to the Oxford Handbook series succeeds in its ... ambition ... [ an] extremely impressive achievement. * David O'Shaughnessy, BARS Review * [ This book] should find a place in every university library ... The Shelley who emerges is an appropriately complex figure, fascinated by other writers and literary traditions, political ideas and philosophical theories. ... There are many excellent essays in the collection, which do not simply survey or collate already known characteristics of Shelley but offer a new perspective informed by original research. * Sharon Ruston, Modern Language Review * an astonishingly thorough examination of Shelley's literary career ... As a collection of eminently readable essays, this volume is a splendid accomplishment, presenting a dynamic, fascinating, thoughtful, and hard-working Shelley ... While providing plenty of biographical, historical, literary, and other contextual information, this collection puts the writing - prose and verse - in sharp focus without ignoring the interesting, often titillating aspects of Shelley's personal life and the famous relationships the poet enjoyed ... Refreshingly, the volume never loses sight of Shelley's work or his intellect and creativity. * D. A. Robinson, Choice * The volume has a long-range critical lens, and it is fair to say that this should give it a place for many years to come. Equally, the elegant and deeply informed formalism practised in many of the essays here is no bad model for future Shelley Studies ... one cannot fail to be impressed overall by a book that offers such a thorough and learned overview of all aspects of Shelley, whilst also striking any reader on any given page with sharp and surprising readings of individual moments, contexts or stanzas. One could not ask for much more in a book of this nature. * Christopher Stokes, Byron Journal *
