Shelley
English Romantic poet
Shelley is an English surname and given name, used for both sexes but now predominantly female.
As a surname, it belongs to the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary Shelley, author of *Frankenstein*.
The given name peaked in American popularity in the mid-20th century: Shelley was the most popular girl in her class.
Writer of verse
- atheismRejection of deities
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- drownedDied by submersion
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
Ozymandias · Keats · Byron · elegy · lyric · idealism · revolutionary · visionary
Gothic novel's mad scientist
- authorCreator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
monster · Victor Frankenstein · motherhood · feminism · Lord Byron · Mathilda · Geneva · galvanism
Awe-inspiring greatness
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- emotionComplex psychological state
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
transcendence · individualism · passion · beauty · creativity · genius · spontaneity · revolution
Hereditary family identifier
- given namePersonal name from birth
- EnglishBritain's native tongue
- baby nameChosen title for newborn
- unisexSuitable for any gender
namesake · feminine · masculine · spelling · pronunciation · popularity · origin
poet
Writer of verse
Ozymandias · Italy · Keats · Byron · elegy · lyric · idealism · revolutionary · visionary · elopement
Frankenstein
Gothic novel's mad scientist
science fiction · monster · Victor Frankenstein · motherhood · feminism · Lord Byron · Mathilda · Geneva · galvanism · creature
sublime
Awe-inspiring greatness
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- emotionComplex psychological state
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
inspiration · transcendence · individualism · passion · beauty · creativity · genius · spontaneity · revolution · melancholy
surname
Hereditary family identifier
- given namePersonal name from birth
- EnglishBritain's native tongue
- baby nameChosen title for newborn
unisex · namesake · feminine · masculine · spelling · pronunciation · popularity · origin
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
- poetspoet, Homer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson
- 19th Century AuthorsDickens, Austen, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Twain
- European AuthorsShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Jane Austen, Dante
- SonneteersShakespeare, Petrarch, Sidney, Spenser, Milton
- Victorian literatureDickens, Charles Dickens, Victorian novel, Victorian literature, Victorian novels
ShelleyAlexander Pope
Georgian era versifier
T.S. Eliot · William Wordsworth · neoclassicism · Rudyard Kipling · realism
ShelleyWilliam Wordsworth
Tory · conservatism · orthodoxy · establishment · conformity