The Complete Poems

This title brings together verse connected with Mary Shelley, though she is far better known as a prose writer. Her poems are mostly short and personal, touching on loss, memory, nature and her love for Percy Bysshe Shelley. The year 1839 recalls her edition of her husband's poetry, in which her notes gave readers valuable context about his life and the circumstances of each poem. The catalogue entry may therefore reflect that edition, and readers should check which poems a given volume includes.