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"The web of our Life is of mingled Yarn." - John Keats to Benjamin Bailey, 8 October 1817
The lives and characters of the figures of the romanticized and glamorized Romantic Period are at once both endlessly fascinating and deeply depressing to read about. They led intensely creative and turbulent lives which became complicated by not only outside sources (money, politics, tragedy, etc.) but their own personal and entwined relationships and conflicts. Daisy Hay does a remarkable job of detailing the web of people that surrounded Leigh Hunt and the Shelleys; the immense research she conducted is abundantly clear. She treats each character as a real human being, rather than some idealized version constructed by admirers: each with their own brilliances, faults, and complex motivations in every part of their lives. You feel as if you know and relate to many of them, especially Mary Godwin Shelley. This book, and the lives it details, is intensely fascinating, and highly recommended for academic and casual Romantics alike.
The lives and characters of the figures of the romanticized and glamorized Romantic Period are at once both endlessly fascinating and deeply depressing to read about. They led intensely creative and turbulent lives which became complicated by not only outside sources (money, politics, tragedy, etc.) but their own personal and entwined relationships and conflicts. Daisy Hay does a remarkable job of detailing the web of people that surrounded Leigh Hunt and the Shelleys; the immense research she conducted is abundantly clear. She treats each character as a real human being, rather than some idealized version constructed by admirers: each with their own brilliances, faults, and complex motivations in every part of their lives. You feel as if you know and relate to many of them, especially Mary Godwin Shelley. This book, and the lives it details, is intensely fascinating, and highly recommended for academic and casual Romantics alike.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Cultural appropriation