Posthumous Poems Explained

Posthumous Poems
Author:	Percy Bysshe Shelley
Genre:	Poetry
Published:	London: C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824

Posthumous Poems is a collection of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, with a preface by his widow Mary Shelley, which was published in 1824.

Publication

Ruth S. Granniss makes the following statement about the circumstances of the publication: "It was with difficulty that a publisher was found for the book, the sale of two hundred and fifty copies being guaranteed by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Bryan Waller Proctor ("Barry Cornwall") and Thomas Forbes Felsall [''[[sic]]?]. The original intention to include certain prose pieces was abandoned on account of the size of the volume."^[1]

Sources

• Book: Granniss, Ruth S. . A descriptive catalogue of the first editions in book form of the writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on a memorial exhibition held at The Grolier Club from April 20, to May 20, 1922 . The Grolier Club . 1923 . New York . 78-81.
• Book: Shelley, Percy Bysshe . Posthumous Poems . C. H. Reynell for John and Henry L. Hunt . 1824 . Shelley . Mary . London.

Further reading

• Gamer . Michael . 2008 . Shelley Incinerated . The Wordsworth Circle . 39 . 1/2 . 23–26.
• Gates . Payson G. . 1948 . Leigh Hunt’s Review of Shelley's 'Posthumous Poems' . The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America . 42 . 1 . 1–40.

Notes and References

1. Granniss 1923, p. 81.