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The Witch of Atlas

''The Witch of Atlas'' is a major poetic work of the English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley written in 1820 and published posthumously in 1824. The poem was written in 78 ottava rima stanzas during the period when ''Prometheus Unbound'' and ''The Cloud'' were written and reflects similar themes. The theme of the poem is a quest for the perfect union.
British composer Sir Granville Bantock wrote a tone poem for orchestra based on the Shelley poem in 1902, ''The Witch of Atlas: Tone Poem for Orchestra No.5 after Shelley'', which was first performed on 10 September 1902.
==History==
''The Witch of Atlas'' was composed in three days at the Baths of San Giuliano, near Pisa, Italy from 14 to 16 August 1820, after Shelley had climbed the Monte San Pellegrino mountain on foot. It was published in ''Posthumous Poems'' in 1824 edited by Mary Shelley. The work, which Shelley called "a fanciful poem", was dedicated to Mary Shelley, the dedication "To Mary" first appearing in the ''Poetical Works'' edition of 1839. Mary Shelley wrote that ''The Witch of Atlas'' "is a brilliant congregation of ideas such as his senses gathered, and his fancy coloured, during his rambles in the sunny land he so much loved." She objected, however, that Shelley was "discarding human interest and passion" in favour of "fantastic ideas" which were "abstract" and "wildly fanciful" and "full of brilliant imagery". She argued that Shelley should have written works that were more consonant with the popular tastes of that time: "The surpassing excellence of The Cenci had made me greatly desire that Shelley should increase his popularity by adopting subjects that would more suit the popular taste than a poem conceived in the abstract and dreamy spirit of the ''Witch of Atlas''." Shelley responded in the prefatory verses that she was "critic-bitten ... by some review" and defended the work as "a visionary rhyme". ''The Witch of Atlas'' contained Utopian themes that first appeared in Queen Mab (1813).

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