tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post9197079194593155118..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: "Grief returns with the revolving year": The Death of Percy Bysshe Shelley Catherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-25367240477908173862019-07-08T04:21:37.687+01:002019-07-08T04:21:37.687+01:00I heard they made a hash of the cremation, and She...I heard they made a hash of the cremation, and Shelley's 'heart' was snatched from the fire to be given to Mary. The conclusion was that it probably wasn't his heart but a piece of calcified something-or-other. Interesting...<br />Diana Wilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074083771067857127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-30565610313831944512014-07-12T18:28:04.038+01:002014-07-12T18:28:04.038+01:00So many tantalising might have beens!So many tantalising might have beens!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-44715897094373530252014-07-12T18:23:42.426+01:002014-07-12T18:23:42.426+01:00I agree with Stephen. He would have supported that...I agree with Stephen. He would have supported that movement. Of course, he might have been in India with Claire Clairmont, too!Jane Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914649664507501849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-90771159196532003062014-07-08T20:28:12.734+01:002014-07-08T20:28:12.734+01:00I think that's a really interesting theory but...I think that's a really interesting theory but you're quite right, would he have maintained his firebrand credentials had he lived? With Shelley I am tempted to say yes but obviously, that's complete conjecture!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-80490117895217444202014-07-08T20:06:32.327+01:002014-07-08T20:06:32.327+01:00I think it was Paul Foot giving a lecture on ty on...I think it was Paul Foot giving a lecture on ty on Shelly, who suggested that if Shelly had not died messing about in boats he could have been an inspiration to the revolutionary movement and an inspirational leader to the uprisings in 1848.<br /><br />This assumes of course that Shelly if he had survived did not become more conservative in his views as he grew older as many men do. William Wordsworth being a contemporary example.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.com