The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Poetry. Miscellanies. Four Ages of Poetry. Horae Dramaticae, No. 1-3 . Shelley. Shelley Letters

This volume is part of the comprehensive collected works of Thomas Love Peacock, the English novelist and satirist known for his close friendship with Percy Bysshe Shelley. Originally appearing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these collected editions were curated to preserve Peacock's idiosyncratic output, ranging from his whimsical narrative poetry to his incisive literary criticism, most notably his famous essay, The Four Ages of Poetry, which famously provoked Shelley to write his A Defence of Poetry in response.

The editorial assembly of these works was intended to consolidate Peacock's legacy as a significant minor voice of the Romantic period. The design choices for these scholarly reprints often reflect the standard aesthetic of Victorian and Edwardian literary preservation, prioritizing academic accessibility and textual integrity. As this specific ISBN represents a modern digital-to-print reproduction of those foundational historical editions, it serves to maintain the availability of Peacock’s multifaceted writings for contemporary scholars and students of 19th-century literature.