The Bicentenary of Percy Bysshe Shelley's Death: An Online Global Event
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- An online global event presented by the Keats-Shelley House, Rome and the Keats-Shelley Association of America and featuring film director Jane Campion and actor Julian Sands.
The event examined the life, death, and legacy of the English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who drowned off the coast of Italy 200 years ago while sailing from Livorno to Lerici. His ashes were later interred at the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome, where poet John Keats is also buried.
Shelley’s memory is preserved in the work of the Keats-Shelley House in Rome, a museum which houses many manuscripts, relics, and art works related to the poet and overseen by UK charity the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association, and through the academic outreach of the Keats-Shelley Association of America.
The event took place in a specially created virtual Keats-Shelley House and was presented by Professor Neil Fraistat and Dr Anna Mercer of the Keats-Shelley Association of America, and Dr Giuseppe Albano, Curator of the Keats-Shelley House.
Part 1 - Premiere of The Last Days of Shelley, a video story with immersive sound featuring the voice of actor and Keats-Shelley200 Ambassador Julian Sands and produced by 313 film production and directed by Giulio Boato. This short film follows Shelley in Rome, released in December 2021, and is best experienced with headphones.
Part 2 - The Triumph of Life: A global reading of The Triumph of Life, Shelley’s last, unfinished poem, in fifteen languages read by readers from twenty-six locations around the world. The reading was led by two-time Academy Award winning film director and Keats-Shelley200 Ambassador Dame Jane Campion.
Part 3 - A Round Table discussion on the theme of Shelley’s last days that brought together scholars of the poet’s life and work. The discussion covered Shelley’s life, work, thought, his relationships with Byron and Leigh Hunt, and the intertwining legacy he shares with John Keats.
The panelists comprised Dr Serena Baiesi, Professor Nora Crook, Dr Mathelinda Nagubodi, Professor Andrew Stauffer, and Professor Fernando Valverde. The discussion was moderated by Professor Neil Fraistat, Dr Anna Mercer, and Dr Giuseppe Albano.
Audience members were invited to submit questions to the panel in advance of the event.
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The poem sounds beautiful in every language .
Greetings to all lovers of Shelley's poetry from Portland, Oregon, USA. Long live Shelley!
Thank you so much. 💓
Greetings from a lovely, sunny York station enroute to home 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇹
Waving to all Shelley lovers! May his words always give you joy.
Shelley was a visionary, as this commemoration makes clear. May his heart always remain whole! And ours as well.
As always, thank you for the profoundly engaging tribute content you have shared for Keats and Shelley. Simply wonderful.
Please post the whole lecture as I missed bits of it. Glad to be honouring this date by hearing so much about a wonderful poet!
You can watch the whole of the commemorative event, including the round table discussion, in this video.
Ciao everyone!
I’m still waiting for the link to attend the event on the platform….
RIP Julian .
Why was there not a commemoration in Viareggio on the 8th July?
How is it possible that no one has run a DNA sample from the hair/bone fragments ? Come on people, let's get this tested!