ShelleyShelleySydneyWaterlow1ShelleyCHAPTERIShelleyandHisAgeInthecaseofmostgreatwritersourinterestinthemaspersonsisderivedfromoutinterestinthemaswriters;wearenotverycuriousaboutthemexceptforreasonsthathavesomethingtodowiththeirart.WithShelleyitisdifferent.Duringhislifehearousedfearsandhatreds,lovesandadorations,thatwerequiteirrelevanttoliterature;andevennow,whenhehasbecomeaclassic,hestillcausesexcitementasaman.Hisloversareasvehementasever.Forthemheisthe"banneroffreedom,"which,"Tornbutflying,Streamslikeathunder-cloudagainstthewind."Hehassufferedthatworstindignityofcanonisationasabeingsaintlyandsuperhuman,notsubjecttothemoralityofordinarymortals.Hehasbeenbe...