HORTOLLAND Pauline

PhD student in British literature

Université Paris Cité (LARCA, CNRS UMR 8225).

Research expertise

British romanticism; Percy Shelley; Politics and history; Poetic efficacy.

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Percy Shelley (the sociable nightingale)

Far from following the script of the lone Romantic genius, Percy Shelley (1792-1822) purposely cultivated numerous friendships with the most talented writers of his time. In his preface to Prometheus Unbound, Shelley even endeavoured to theorize the complex workings of poetic influence, implicitly acknowledging the creative potential of sociability.