Percy Bysshe Shelley Timeline by Ty Sturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm Poet Project 1 en-us 2021-02-10 17:36:15 UTC 2021-02-16 17:53:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 1802 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1188990889 Shelley leaves Horsham at the age of ten to attend Syon House Academy.]]> 2021-02-10 18:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1188990889 1804 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1188996754 Shelley decides to attend Eton College. While enrolled, he is constantly bullied by his peers and starts to write poetry. These years would serve as a time where he would often retreat to poetry and writing as a form of escaping reality.]]> 2021-02-10 18:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1188996754 1810 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1188999433 After studying at Eton for six years, Shelley enrolls at the prestigious Oxford University.]]> 2021-02-10 18:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1188999433 Oxford University tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189002059 2021-02-10 18:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189002059 1810 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189010044 While at Oxford, Shelley produces his first writing. It is a Gothic novel called Zastrozzi which voices his atheistic worldview through the eyes of the main villain Zastrozzi. He publishes this novel under the pen name P.B.S..]]> 2021-02-10 18:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189010044 This is the title page to the first edition of "Zastrozzi". tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189015920 2021-02-10 18:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189015920 1811 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189020873 Shelley gets expelled from Oxford after co-authoring the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism with his classmate Thomas Hogg.]]> 2021-02-10 18:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189020873 This is the 1811 title page of "The Necessity of Atheism". tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189023366 2021-02-10 18:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189023366 1811 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189912903 Shelley elopes with his first wife Harriet Westbrook. She is only sixteen years old at the time!]]> 2021-02-10 21:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189912903 This is a painting of Harriet Westbrook. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189917934 2021-02-10 21:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189917934 1813 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189922397 Shelley publishes his first serious work of poetry called Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem. It is inspired by his infatuation with schoolteacher Elizabeth Hitchener. He is so infatuated that he abandons his wife and two children.]]> 2021-02-10 22:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189922397 1814 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189936171 Shelley elopes with Mary Godwin. They do not marry until 1816 though due to legal issues with Percy's previous marriage.]]> 2021-02-10 22:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189936171 1816 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189968393 Shelley writes Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude. It is considered to be one of his first breakthrough poems.]]> 2021-02-10 22:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189968393 This is the cover page of "Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude." tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189975443 2021-02-10 22:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189975443 1816 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189978531 Shelley befriends fellow poet John Keats and they help inspire each other's work.]]> 2021-02-10 22:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1189978531 1812 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1196785312 Shelley converts to a vegetarian diet. He is influenced by ancient Greek and Roman philosophers to do so. He even goes on to write a book on animal rights called A Vindication of Natural Diet.]]> 2021-02-12 15:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1196785312 1792 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1197128649 Percy Bysshe Shelley is born on August 4, 1792 in Horsham, U.K. He is the oldest son of Elizabeth and Timothy.

]]> 2021-02-12 16:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1197128649 1818 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201669963 Shelley writes and publishes the poem Ozymandias. It receives critical acclaim at the time and becomes one of the most taught poems in schools around the world.]]> 2021-02-14 19:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201669963 1818 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201675814 Shelley and his family move from England to Italy. While there, Shelley writes poetry and picks up the hobby of sailing.]]> 2021-02-14 19:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201675814 1820 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201679216 Shelley's poem Ode to the West Wind is published. He originally wrote the poem in 1819 while spending time in Florence, Italy. It is one of Shelley's most acclaimed poems]]> 2021-02-14 19:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201679216 This painting resembles what a classic sailboat in Shelley's time would have looked like. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201685959 2021-02-14 19:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201685959 1822 tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201686660 On July 8, 1822, Shelley dies weeks before his 30th birthday in a sailing accident. ]]> 2021-02-14 19:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201686660 This painting by Louis Edouard Fournier depicts Shelley's funeral. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201691368 2021-02-14 19:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1201691368 This is a photo of Horsham taken in 1902. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204553741 2021-02-15 18:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204553741 This is a painting done by Mary Brodie Clark depicting Syon House Academy. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204570108 2021-02-15 18:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204570108 The cover page to the book "A Vindication of Natural Diet." tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204633511 2021-02-15 19:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204633511 This is an assortment of vegetarian foods. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204647710 2021-02-15 19:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204647710 Mary Shelley later went on to write the famous novel "Frankenstein." tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204685874 2021-02-15 19:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204685874 This painting depicts the famous poet John Keats. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204703549 2021-02-15 19:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204703549 This is not the statue mentioned in the poem, but rather an old statue I found very interesting to look at. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204719595 2021-02-15 19:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1204719595 This is a painting of Elizabeth Hitchener. tysturm https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1208005323 2021-02-16 17:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tysturm/sp6wcbalx6s3d2rm/wish/1208005323