Romantic Resources
Resources, from collected works to biographies, under the cut! I’ve included links to some places you can buy them, though it’s by no means the only places these books can be bought. There are websites with free materials as well.
First and foremost, one must be familiar with both the author and their works! Be sure to have collected works in your library alongside these biographies! I highly, highly, highly suggest you always look for used books on Amazon, Thriftbooks, or at your local book stores. Compare prices. Not only will you save money, but oftentimes other readers leave insightful notes in the margins! I have built up my Romantics library entirely out of used books!
The Collected Works of the Shelleys, Byron, & Keats:
The Complete Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley - buy it on Amazon / buy it on Barnes & Noble.
The Complete Essays of Percy Bysshe Shelley - buy it on Amazon / buy it on Barnes & Noble.
Zastrozzi & St. Irvyne by Percy Bysshe Shelley - buy it on Thriftbooks.
The Complete Poems of Lord Byron, Including his Suppressed Works - buy it on Amazon / buy it on Barns & Noble.
The Complete Poems of John Keats - buy it on Amazon / buy it on Barns & Noble.
The Collected Works of Mary Shelley - buy it on Amazon (e-book) / buy it on Barns & Noble (e-book).
Letters:
The Best Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley - buy it on Barns & Noble.
With Shelley in Italy (contains poems as well) - buy it on Barns & Noble.
Absolutely Free Shelley Letters Online For No Dollars at All - Archive Dot Org / Letters from Italy / Best Letters / Italian Letters
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - buy first edition on Amazon / buy second edition on Amazon / buy first edition on Barnes & Noble.
Byron, His Journal and Letters - buy it on Amazon / buy it on Barns & Noble.
Absolutely No Dollar Needed Lord Byron Letters - volume one / volume two / selected letters.
The Letters of John Keats to Family and Friends - buy it on Barns & Noble.
The Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne (Bright Star) - buy it on Barns & Noble.
Biographical Works:
Byron: Life & Legend by Fiona MacCarthy - buy it on Thriftbooks.
Shelley: The Pursuit by Richard Holmes - buy it on Thriftbooks.
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Thomas Hogg - buy it on Thriftbooks. **ANYTHING HOGG SAYS SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.**
Young Romantics by Daisy Hay - buy it on Thriftbooks.
John Keats: A New Life by Nicholas Roe - buy it on Thriftbooks.
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon - buy it on Thriftbooks.
This is by no means a comprehensive list of works pertaining to either of the Shelleys, Lord Byron, or Keats. These are the books I can recommend with confidence, as they don’t contain much or any salacious material founded largely on myth. Should any of these go out of stock from the links listed, you can absolutely find them elsewhere! I will update this list as I continue to read more books.
Happy reading, xoxo,
Chey
