Project Gutenberg 2010-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Hogg, Thomas Jefferson 1792 1862 Hogg, Jefferson Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander) 1866 1919 Streatfeild, Richard Alexander 06009636 Shelley at Oxford Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Shelley at Oxford" by Thomas Jefferson Hogg is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book offers a detailed and vivid portrayal of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley during his time at Oxford University, focusing on his character, intellect, and eccentricities. Hogg, who was a contemporary and friend of Shelley, captures the essence of the poet’s youthful idealism and zeal for knowledge along with his often tumultuous nature and philosophical musings. The beginning of the narrative introduces the themes of expectation versus reality as Hogg reflects on his anticipation of university life leading to profound disappointment, particularly in the academic atmosphere at Oxford. As he settles into his new environment, he meets a unique and spirited freshman—Shelley himself—who engages him in spirited debates about literature and the sciences. The opening chapters vividly depict their burgeoning friendship, a blend of intellectual discourse and light-hearted banter, marked by Shelley's fiery enthusiasm for chemistry and philosophy, which captivates Hogg despite the poet's eccentricities and disheveled appearance. Through Hogg's eyes, readers get a glimpse of Shelley's innate genius and idiosyncratic charm, setting the stage for their explorations of both the external world and the depths of philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Oxford Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Childhood and youth University of Oxford -- Biography Oxford (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - Schools & Universities Browsing: Literature 285323 285332 2024-09-14T12:33:07.254145 2023-09-15T07:27:20.261327 text/html text/html 287652 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 107767 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 165026 2024-09-14T12:33:12.311080 application/epub+zip 166154 2024-09-14T12:33:08.625113 application/epub+zip 166154 2024-09-14T12:33:07.793129 application/epub+zip 300354 2024-09-14T12:33:15.477107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274361 2024-09-14T12:33:11.704106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274291 2022-09-16T03:39:31.505126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262380 262187 2024-09-14T12:33:06.815147 2023-09-15T07:27:19.877331 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 262124 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 101595 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 262119 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101570 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21786 2024-09-14T12:33:15.623079 application/rdf+xml 12738 2024-09-14T12:33:08.142094 image/jpeg 3394 2024-09-14T12:33:07.968127 image/jpeg 155790 2024-09-14T12:33:07.281188 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog