Author:Isabel Quigly,Percy Shelley

SHELLEY'S WORK HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR ITS DIDACTICISM AND UNDISCIPLINED EMOTIONALISM. BUT ESSENTIALLY HE WAS A POET OF IDEAS AND IN HIS SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND ORIGINAL HUMAN PERFECTION, SHELLEY WAS INSPIRED AS MUCH BY THE GREEK POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS, PARTICULARLY PLATO, AS BY THE RADICALISM OF HIS OWN AGE. ABOVE ALL, HIS GREAT GIFT WAS HIS LYRICISM AND HIS VERSE COMES AS NEAR TO MUSIC AS POETRY CAN.
The gold standard of English wit … There is not, and never will be, anything to touch him
—— Christopher HitchensIt's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him
—— John HumphrysMr Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in
—— Evelyn WaughYes Prime Minister... is not only a continuing marvel ofediting by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay but also a
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Sublime comic genius
—— Ben Elton