Description:
Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical, and poet--Percy Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately held and highly unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted in social exclusion, exile, and possibly even his premature death at the age of twenty-nine. His work is a monument to his convictions and to the power of the human spirit, and today it is recognized as a key contribution to Romantic literature. This anthology contains many of his best-known poems, including "Ozymandias," "The Mask of Anarchy," and "To a Skylark," as well as excerpts from "Prometheus Unbound" and "Adonaïs."
Brief description:
Bertie Carvel has worked extensively in theater, television, and radio. Theater credits include The Man of Mode, The Life of Galileo, and Coram Boy, all at the National Theatre, and Revelations at the Hampstead Theatre. He has appeared in John Adams, Doctor Who, Holby City, and Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures on television, and in Rock 'n' Roll, Maurice, Life Class, Breaking Point, Brave Faces, Duty, Diary of a Nobody, The Pallisers, and The Crowner John Mysteries (among many others) for radio.
Review Quotes:
"Bertie Carvel's lovely, smooth British voice sails through these selected Shelley poems. His delivery highlights many sides of Shelley, from the idealistic youth, to the political upstart, making the production an excellent sampling of Shelley's poems."
-- "AudioFile"