Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas

Mark Sandy (University of Durham)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1822

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play
Poetry (any)

Resources

Traditionally thought to have been composed in October 1821, more recent evidence suggests that Shelley had began work on a number of discarded starts to his lyrical drama, Hellas, in April and June 1821 before writing Adonais [See Separate Entry] in response to the news of John Keats’s untimely death. Certainly by 11 October 1821, Shelley felt confident enough about the piece to write to Charles Ollier, his publisher, that his dramatic poem, Hellas, was nearing completion. Shelley’s confidence was justified as, on 11 November 1821, he dispatched a transcription of his poetic drama (prepared by his friend, Edward Williams, earlier that same month) to Ollier with the expectation that the manuscript would be …

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Citation: Sandy, Mark. "Hellas". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 August 2004 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4793, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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