A new type of Shelley edition for students: as well as reliable versions of the key texts, there are summaries, notes glossing difficult words or phrases and technical notes. Each poem also comes with concise biographical information and intertexts-extracts from related works, as well as letters, influences, critical material and other texts, to deepen understanding, stimulate discussion and promote wider reading.
The selection comprises 34 poems from across Shelley's career, including:
- Ozymandias
- The Mask of Anarchy
- Ode to the West Wind
- England in 1819
- On The Medusa of Leonardo da Vinci
- To a Sky-Lark, and
- The Triumph of Life.