The Revolt of Islam

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The Revolt of Islam is a long narrative poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that presents a visionary, idealistic struggle against tyranny and oppression through allegorical storytelling.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
allegorical true ⓘ
author Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
containsMotif brother-sister relationship ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
moral regeneration ⓘ
visionary dream ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts overthrow of a tyrant ⓘ
revolutionary uprising ⓘ
form Spenserian stanza ⓘ
genre narrative poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ
hasCharacter Cythna ⓘ
Laon ⓘ
Othman ⓘ
linked to: Osman
hasPart Dedication ⓘ
Preface ⓘ
influencedBy French Revolution ⓘ
contemporary European politics ⓘ
intendedMessage moral and political reform through love and reason ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainTheme freedom ⓘ
hope ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
struggle against tyranny ⓘ
utopian vision ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
numberOfCantos 12 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalTitle Laon and Cythna ⓘ
periodOfComposition 1817 ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Enlightenment ideals ⓘ
Shelleyan idealism ⓘ
radical political thought ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1818 ⓘ
publisher C. and J. Ollier ⓘ
relatedWork Prometheus Unbound ⓘ
Queen Mab ⓘ
setting an imaginary Eastern land ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted an unspecified revolutionary era ⓘ

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