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Percy Bysshe Shelley - Coggle Diagram
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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When he was only 19, Shelley eloped to Scotland with 16 years old Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in 1811
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He attended Eton College where he was an unhappy, rebellious student, know as 'Mad Shelley' and 'The Eton Atheist'
He went to Oxford University, where he became interested in radical political writers
1811: Shelley produced a radical pamphlet, entitled The Necessity of Atheism, challenging belief in God
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Now estranged from his father, Shelley faced serious financial difficulties
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Shelley saw the poet as a prophet of social change, whosepoetry has a regeneration function
