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Shelley: An Essay
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Francis Thompson's critical essay examines the poetry and imaginative genius of Percy Bysshe Shelley. It suits readers of literary criticism and those studying Romantic poetry or Thompson's own critical prose.
Francis Thompson
Francis Joseph Thompson was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent three years on the streets of London, supporting himself with menial labour, becoming addicted to opium which he took to relieve a nervous problem.
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