Posthumous Poems

Posthumous Poems

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Author	Percy Bysshe Shelley
Genre	Poetry
Published	London: C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824

Posthumous Poems is a collection of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, with a preface by his widow Mary Shelley, which was published in 1824.

Publication

Ruth S. Granniss makes the following statement about the circumstances of the publication: "It was with difficulty that a publisher was found for the book, the sale of two hundred and fifty copies being guaranteed by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Bryan Waller Proctor ("Barry Cornwall") and Thomas Forbes Felsall [sic?]. The original intention to include certain prose pieces was abandoned on account of the size of the volume."

Sources

• Granniss, Ruth S. (1923). A descriptive catalogue of the first editions in book form of the writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on a memorial exhibition held at The Grolier Club from April 20, to May 20, 1922. New York: The Grolier Club. pp. 78–81.
• Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1824). Shelley, Mary (ed.). Posthumous Poems. London: C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt.

Further reading

• Gamer, Michael (2008). "Shelley Incinerated". The Wordsworth Circle. 39 (1/2): 23–26.
• Gates, Payson G. (1948). "Leigh Hunt's Review of Shelley's 'Posthumous Poems'". The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 42 (1): 1–40.

External links

• Works related to The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (ed. Hutchinson, 1914)/Mrs. Shelley's Preface to Posthumous Poems, 1824 at Wikisource