<p>The drama’s conflict ends in Act 3, scene 1, with the demise of Jupiter, with two acts still to come. These are taken up by imagery of the transformation of humanity and nature, not just returning to an ordinary state free of tyranny and suffering, but beginning a metamorphosis into the paradisal. </p>

The drama’s conflict ends in Act 3, scene 1, with the demise of Jupiter, with two acts still to come. These are taken up by imagery of the transformation of humanity and nature, not just returning to an ordinary state free of tyranny and suffering, but beginning a metamorphosis into the paradisal.

Episode 213: Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound, Act 3. The Beginning of the Transformation of Nature and Humanity after the Fall of Jupiter.

This podcast is aimed at a non-specialist audience interested in acquiring what Northrop Frye called, in the title of one of his books, an educated imagination. Its materials are drawn from the many courses in literature and mythology that I taught, combined with material from my book The Productions of Time, for which I hope the podcast may provide an accessible introduction, with concrete examples.

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Episode 213: Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound, Act 3. The Beginning of the Transformation of Nature and Humanity after the Fall of Jupiter.

Episode 213: Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound, Act 3. The Beginning of the Transformation of Nature and Humanity after the Fall of Jupiter.