Shelley’s Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family

Shelley’s Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family

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Few families enjoy such a remarkable reputation for their contribution to the literature and intellectual life of Britain as the Godwins and the Shelleys. The Bodleian online exhibition ‘Shelley’s Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family’ explores how the reputation of this great literary family was shaped by the selective release of documents and manuscripts into the public domain. It also provides a fascinating insight into the real lives of a family that was blessed with genius but marred by tragedy.’

Recent Episodes

  • Mary Shelley - Journal of Sorrow

    14 years ago
  • William Godwin- Letter to Mary Shelley

    14 years ago
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - Letter to Mary Shelley

    14 years ago
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats

    14 years ago
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - Opening lines of 'The Triumph of Life'

    14 years ago
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - Dedication fair copy of 'With a guitar. To Jane'

    14 years ago
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fair copy of Ode to the West Wind

    14 years ago
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - Draft of 'Ozymandias'

    14 years ago
  • Mary Shelley (with Percy Bysshe Shelley) - Draft of Frankenstein

    14 years ago
  • Harriet Shelley - Letter to Eliza Westbrook, Shelley and her parents

    14 years ago