Project Gutenberg 2010-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 226 Hogg, Thomas Jefferson 1792 1862 Hogg, Jefferson Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander) 1866 1919 Streatfeild, Richard Alexander 06009636 Shelley at Oxford Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Shelley at Oxford" by Thomas Jefferson Hogg is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book offers a detailed and vivid portrayal of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley during his time at Oxford University, focusing on his character, intellect, and eccentricities. Hogg, who was a contemporary and friend of Shelley, captures the essence of the poet’s youthful idealism and zeal for knowledge along with his often tumultuous nature and philosophical musings. The beginning of the narrative introduces the themes of expectation versus reality as Hogg reflects on his anticipation of university life leading to profound disappointment, particularly in the academic atmosphere at Oxford. As he settles into his new environment, he meets a unique and spirited freshman—Shelley himself—who engages him in spirited debates about literature and the sciences. The opening chapters vividly depict their burgeoning friendship, a blend of intellectual discourse and light-hearted banter, marked by Shelley's fiery enthusiasm for chemistry and philosophy, which captivates Hogg despite the poet's eccentricities and disheveled appearance. Through Hogg's eyes, readers get a glimpse of Shelley's innate genius and idiosyncratic charm, setting the stage for their explorations of both the external world and the depths of philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Oxford Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Childhood and youth University of Oxford -- Biography Oxford (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - Schools & Universities Browsing: Literature Category: Biographies Category: British Literature Category: History - Schools & Universities 285454 2025-06-14T07:31:41.297966 text/html 287652 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 107767 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 186081 2025-06-14T07:31:48.170925 application/epub+zip 186974 2025-06-14T07:31:44.104980 application/epub+zip 179770 2025-06-14T07:31:42.874982 application/epub+zip 326931 2025-06-14T07:31:51.445946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300970 2025-06-14T07:31:47.411979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274291 2022-09-16T03:39:31.505126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262380 2025-06-14T07:31:40.780010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 262124 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 101595 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 262119 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101570 2021-01-07T06:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22734 2025-06-14T07:31:51.594921 application/rdf+xml 12735 2025-06-14T07:31:43.434970 image/jpeg 3379 2025-06-14T07:31:43.157950 image/jpeg 174599 2025-06-14T07:31:41.323960 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia