Queen Mab

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Queen Mab is an early philosophical poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that presents his radical views on religion, politics, and social justice through a visionary dream narrative.

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Queen Mab canonical 6

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instanceOf philosophical poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
authorBeliefExpressed materialist philosophy ⓘ
necessitarianism ⓘ
contains extensive prose notes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes Christianity ⓘ
commercial exploitation ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
property-based social order ⓘ
war ⓘ
dateWritten 1812 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Harriet Westbrook Shelley ⓘ
firstEditionType privately printed ⓘ
genre philosophical poetry ⓘ
visionary poem ⓘ
influenced later socialist and anarchist movements ⓘ
radical political thought in 19th-century Britain ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
William Godwin ⓘ
initialCirculation limited ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterReception important text for freethinkers ⓘ
literaryForm narrative poem ⓘ
mainCharacter Ianthe ⓘ
Queen Mab (fairy spirit) ⓘ
meter blank verse ⓘ
narrativeDevice dream vision ⓘ
notableFeature extensive argumentative footnotes ⓘ
radical political and religious content ⓘ
partOf Romantic literature ⓘ
periodInAuthorCareer early work ⓘ
portrays vision of a future egalitarian society ⓘ
publicationYear 1813 ⓘ
setting cosmic journey through time and space ⓘ
structure nine cantos ⓘ
theme atheism ⓘ
critique of monarchy ⓘ
critique of organized religion ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
free love ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
politics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
utopian future ⓘ
vegetarianism ⓘ
war and militarism ⓘ

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