The Revolt of Islam

The Revolt of Islam (1818) is a poem in twelve cantos.  The plot centres on two characters named Laon and Cythna, inhabitants of Argolis under Ottoman rule who initiate a revolution against its despotic ruler. Despite its title, the poem is not focused on Islam as a specific religion, though the general subject of religion is addressed, and the work draws on Orientalist archetypes and themes. The work is a symbolic parable on liberation and revolutionary idealism following the disillusionment of the French Revolution. 

Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets.

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