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Mary Shelley in Her Times by Stuart Curran (2000, Hardcover)

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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801863341

ISBN-139780801863349

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages328 Pages

Publication NameMary Shelley in Her Times

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

SubjectWomen Authors, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, Essays, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

AuthorStuart Curran

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight20 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

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Reviews"Refreshing, alternative readings to the until now predominantly psychobiographical approach... The essays by William St Clair and the late Mitzi Myers are particular highlights in this solid collection."--Heidi Thomson, Yearbook of English Studies, "Mary Shelley in Her Times contains some of the strongest essays of recent times on Shelley's work... A valuable piece of criticism." -- Ashley Chantler, Byron Journal, Refreshing, alternative readings to the until now predominantly psychobiographical approach... The essays by William St Clair and the late Mitzi Myers are particular highlights in this solid collection., This is a book to be commended not only for the range of topics it offers, but for the way in which it represents a wide range of styles and approaches., Mary Shelley in Her Times contains some of the strongest essays of recent times on Shelley's work... A valuable piece of criticism., "This is a book to be commended not only for the range of topics it offers, but for the way in which it represents a wide range of styles and approaches."--John Williams, British Association for Romantic Studies Bulletin and Review, Mary Shelley in Her Times contains some of the strongest essays of recent times on Shelley's work... A valuable piece of criticism.

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal823/.7

Table Of ContentPreface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1. "Not This Time, Victor!": Mary Shelley's Reversioning of Elizabeth, From Frankenstein to Falkner Chapter 2. "To Speak In Sanchean Phrase": Cervantes And The Politics of Mary Shelley's History Of A Six Weeks' Tour Chapter 3. The Impact of Frankenstein Chapter 4. From The Fields Of Fancy to Matilda : Mary Shelley's Changing Conception of Her Novella Chapter 5. Mathilda as Dramatic Actress Chapter 6. Between Romance and History: Possibility and Contingency in Godwin, Leibniz, and Mary Shelley's Valperga Chapter 7. Future Uncertain: The Republican Tradition and Its Destiny in Valperga Chapter 8. Reading the End of the World: The Last Man , History, and the Agency of Romantic Authorship Chapter 9. Kindertotenlieder : Mary Shelley and the Art of Losing Chapter 10. Politicizing the Personal: Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and the Coterie Novel Chapter 11. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley: The Female Author Between Public And Private Spheres Chapter 12. Poetry as Souvenir: Mary Shelley In The Annuals Chapter 13. "Trying To Make It As Good As I Can": Mary Shelley's Editing of P. B. Shelley's Poetry and Prose Chapter 14. Mary Shelley's Lives and Reengendering of History Chapter 15. Blood Sisters: Mary Shelley, Liz Lochhead, and the Monster Notes Contributors Index

SynopsisAuthor of six novels, five volumes of biographical lives, two travel books, and numerous short stories, essays, and reviews, Mary Shelley is largely remembered as the author of Frankenstein , as the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and as the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. This collection of essays, edited by Betty T. Bennett and Stuart Curran, offers a more complete and complex picture of Mary Shelley, emphasizing the full range and significance of her writings in terms of her own era and ours. Mary Shelley in Her Times brings fresh insight to the life and work of an often neglected or misunderstood writer who, the editors remind us, spent nearly three decades at the center of England's literary world during the country's profound transition between the Romantic and Victorian eras. The essays in this volume demonstrate the importance of Mary Shelley's neglected novels, including Matilda , Valperga , The Last Man , and Falkner . Other topics include Mary Shelley's work in various literary genres, her editing of her husband's poetry and prose, her politics, and her trajectory as a female writer. This volume advances Mary Shelley studies to a new level of discourse and raises important issues for English Romanticism and women's studies.

LC Classification NumberPR5398.M27 2000