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"Alastor"

When Shelley returned to England, he was increasingly driven to the realization that paradise was not just around the corner. He also formed a friendship with T.J. Hogg (1792-1862), who shared many of his interests, although he was not as sharp-witted.

In the course of his first and only year at Oxford University, in England (1810–1811), Shelley and a friend Thomas Jefferson Hogg issued a pamphlet provocatively entitled "The Necessity of Atheism (the belief that there is no God)." Both students were expelled from the university.

Just three months later, Mary gave birth to their first child (who died in infancy). Though life in Italy had its obvious rewards, this period was by no means one of pure happiness for Shelley. However, there were encouragements as well. Shelley was educated at Eton and at Oxford University. New York: Knopf, 1940. In 1812, Shelley met William Godwin, the author of "Political Justice," and philosopher J.F.

Newton, who developed theories of religion and morality far from conventional. His father was an member of parliament. "Laon and Cythna," later renamed "The Revolt of Islam," is a long poem written in Spenserian stanzas, telling the story of a couple in love who challenge social conventions and political tyranny. On July 8, 1822, Shelley, his friend Lieutenant E.E.

Williams, and sailor C. Vivian set sail from Livorno on Shelley's new sailing boat, the "Don Juan," for a leisurely cruise along the coast. Nonetheless, this was the most productive period of Shelley's life. In his last year in England, Shelley was plagued by illness, struggled with financial difficulties, and was in a depressed state.

In 1816, they married. He was cremated and his ashes placed in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, where Keats was also buried.