Year 27 No. 3 (2019): Issue 3/2019
Articles

Poetry and Metonymy: Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poetical Revolution

Lilla Maria Crisafulli
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Published 02/10/2020

Keywords

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley,
  • metonymy,
  • aesthetics,
  • poetic language

How to Cite

Crisafulli, L. M. (2020). Poetry and Metonymy: Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poetical Revolution. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 27(3). Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/58

Abstract

In this essay I would like to argue that, while in Italy, Percy Bysshe Shelley not only reached his poetic maturity, but also expanded his aesthetic theory in such a way that it might constitute a sort of bridge system, able to reconcile Shelley’s empiricism with his idealism, together with his political and poetic goals. I believe that the aim of this theory, which can be described as holistic, was to fill the gap between art and society in an era of mercantilist ruthlessness and philosophical pessimism.