shelley envisioned
Images and stories from around the world…
Welcome to my audio visual section. In the other sections you will find lots of talk and a few images -- here it is ALL about the images and light on the text. I will feature speeches and presentations made by myself and other Shelley scholars. From time to time you will also find photographic essays such as my tour of the Non-Catholic Cemetery for Foreigners in Rome.
The Heart's Echo
The Heart's Echo is a keynote address delivered by Professor Kelvin Everest to The Shelley Conference 2017 in London, England. In a literary tour de force, Kelvin Everest draws on a lifetime of Shelley scholarship to discern patterns and consistency in the complex poetic universe of Percy Bysshe Shelley. I found this speech to be profoundly moving; it was like watching a great painter at work on his masterpiece - I was in awe. Professor Everest's love for his subject matter shone through also in moving readings of some of Shelley's most beautiful poetry including The Cloud, When the Lamp is Shattered, Hellas and To Jane, The Recollection. In a letter to me Nora Crook, who Kelvin referred to as our "greatest living Shelley scholar", remarked, that "it was the most intense conference speech I have ever experienced." Now you too can enjoy Professor Everest's brilliant presentation.