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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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narrative poem ⓘ |
| allegorical | true ⓘ |
| author | Percy Bysshe Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
brother-sister relationship
ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ moral regeneration ⓘ visionary dream ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
overthrow of a tyrant
ⓘ
revolutionary uprising ⓘ |
| form | Spenserian stanza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative poetry
ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Cythna
NERFINISHED
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Laon NERFINISHED ⓘ Othman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dedication
ⓘ
Preface ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
contemporary European politics ⓘ |
| intendedMessage | moral and political reform through love and reason ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
freedom
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1817 ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Enlightenment ideals
ⓘ
Shelleyan idealism ⓘ radical political thought ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| publisher | C. and J. Ollier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Prometheus Unbound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Mab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | an imaginary Eastern land ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | an unspecified revolutionary era ⓘ |
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