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  2. Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things - Wikipedia

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    1811 title page, B. Crosby and Company, London. " Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things " is an essay by Percy Bysshe Shelley published in 1811. The work was lost since its first appearance until a copy was found in 2006 and made available by the Bodleian Library in 2015. The anti-war and anti-imperialist work was intended to raise ...

  3. The Masque of Anarchy - Wikipedia

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    The Masque of Anarchy (or The Mask of Anarchy) is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo Massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. The poem was not published during Shelley's lifetime ...

  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley - Wikipedia

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    Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ b ɪ ʃ / ⓘ BISH; [1] [2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets. [3] [4] A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an ...

  5. Shelley, Idaho - Wikipedia

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    16-73450. GNIS feature ID. 0397154. Website. ci.shelley.id.us. Shelley is a city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4,409 at the 2010 census. Since 1927 Shelley has been home to the "Idaho Annual Spud Day", which is celebrated on the 3rd Saturday of September.

  6. A Defence of Poetry - Wikipedia

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    1840 title page of Essays.Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments by Edward Moxon, London. 1891 title page of A Defense of Poetry by Ginn and Co., Boston "A Defence of Poetry" is an unfinished essay by Percy Bysshe Shelley written in February and March 1821 that the poet put aside and never completed. [1]

  7. Hellas (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Hellas (poem) Hellas. (poem) 1822 title page, C. and J. Ollier, London. Hellas is a verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1821 and published in 1822 by Charles and James Ollier in London. Shelley wrote it while living in Pisa, with a view to raising money for the Greek War of Independence. It was to be Shelley's last published poem ...

  8. Law of war - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus in bello). Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territories, occupation, and other critical terms of law.

  9. Aerial bombardment and international law - Wikipedia

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    International law up to 1945. Before and during World War II (1939–1945), international law relating to aerial bombardment rested on the treaties of 1864, 1899, and 1907, which constituted the definition of most of the laws of war at that time – which, despite repeated diplomatic attempts, was not updated in the immediate run-up to World ...