Which of the Romantic Poets wrote 'The Revolt Of Islam'?
The Revolt of Islam The Revolt of Islam The Revolt of Islam (1818) is a poem in twelve cantos composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. The poem was originally published under the title "Laon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century" by Charles and James Ollier in December 1817. Shelley composed the work in the vicinity of Bisham Woods, near Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire, northwest of London, from April to September. The plot centres on two characters named Laon and Cythna who initiate a revolution against the despotic ruler of the fictional state of Argolis,
The Revolt of Islam modelled on the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Despite its title, the poem is not focused on Islam as a specific religion, though the general subject of religion is addressed, and the work draws on Orientalist archetypes and themes. The work is a symbolic parable on liberation and revolutionary idealism following the disillusionment of the French Revolution. In "The Revolt of Islam, A Poem, in Twelve Cantos" (1818), consisting of 4,818 lines, Shelley returned to the social and political themes of "Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem" (1813). The poem is in Spenserian stanzas with each stanza containing nine lines in