... 's work, "Shelley's Prometheus Unbound: A Critical Reading," written in 1965, Wasserman writes, "During the summer in which Shelley began writing Frankenstein, Byron composed his poem "Prometheus," a celebration of the god's defiance of Jupiter which emphasizes Prometheus" unyielding will, noble suffering, and concern for mankind" ( ... 71). In England, Mary Shelley met another poet who became a close friend of both Byron and the Shelley's, Leigh Hunt, who intensified the connection of the Romantic poets with the Promethean myth. Wasserman declares, "Later, ... 73). Many critics feel that...

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