In Earl Wasserman'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. ... Many critics feel that it ...

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