Mary Shelley

Angela Wright

Description

Mary Shelley reappraises the significance of Frankenstein alongside other works by Shelley which could be considered to revise the significance and fluctuating meanings of ‘Gothic’ during the Romantic period. It offers scholarly, fresh readings of the 1818 and 1831 editions of Frankenstein, as well as chapters upon the fiction that Shelley composed in between both editions, and during the same decade as its second edition. 

In its broader examination of Mary Shelley’s work, this study is the first of its kind within the field of Gothic studies. Alongside sustained explorations of Frankenstein, Matilda, Valperga and The Last Man, the volume Mary Shelley reappraises some of the shorter essays and tales that the author composed for contemporary magazines. Angela Wright argues that the time is now right for a re-examination of the extent to which Shelley participated in and redirected the Gothic tradition.

Mary Shelley: A Chronology
Introduction
Chapter One: Frankenstein
Chapter Two: Matilda
Chapter Three: Valperga
Chapter Four: ‘On Ghosts’ and The Last Man
Chapter Five: ‘Terror, Horror and Transformation’
Conclusion
Illustrations
Henry Fuseli. ‘The Nightmare’
Engraving of ‘Juliet’ from The Keepsake for 1831

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Romance
• Gothic

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783168477
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 18 Mo

Extrait

MARY SHELLEY

SERïES PREFACE

Gôhîc Auhôrŝ: Crîîca Révîŝîôŝ îŝ dédîcaéd ô pubîŝhîg îôvaîvé îrôducôry guîdéŝ ô wrîérŝ ô hé Gôhîc.Thé ŝérîéŝ éxpôréŝ hôw éw crîîca apprôachéŝ ad pérŝpécîvéŝ ca hép uŝ ô récôéxuaîzé a auhôr’ŝ wôrk î a way ha îŝ bôh accéŝŝîbé ad îôrmaîvé. Thé ŝérîéŝ pubîŝhéŝ wôrk ha îŝ ô îéréŝ ô ŝudéŝ ô a évéŝ ad éachérŝ ô hé îérary Gôhîc ad cuura hîŝôry.

SERïES EDïTORS

Adréw Smîh, Uîvérŝîy ô ShéIéd Béjamî Fîŝhér, Uîvérŝîy ô Mîŝŝîŝŝîppî

EDïTORïA BOARD

Ké jugquîŝ,Wôrcéŝér Pôyéchîc ïŝîué, Maŝŝachuŝéŝ Rîchard Fuŝcô, S Jôŝéph’ŝ Uîvérŝîy, Phîadéphîa Davîd Puér, Uîvérŝîy ô Brîŝô Agéa Wrîgh, Uîvérŝîy ô ShéIéd Jérrôd E. Hôgé, Uîvérŝîy ô Arîzôa

GOTHïC AUTHORS: CRïTïCA REVïSïONS

Mary Sheey

Angea Wrîght

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2018

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Contents

Ackôwédgéméŝ Mary Shééy: A Chrôôôgy

ïrôducîô

Frankensteîn, or the Modern Prometheus()

 Téŝîmôîa ad Réuŝa îMatîda(9)

3 O Wômé, Hîŝôry ad Rômacé îVaperga(3)

4 ‘O Ghôŝŝ’ adThe Last Man: Môurîg, Méachôîa ad Traŝôrmaîôa Térrôr

5 Térrôr, Hôrrôr ad Traŝôrmaîô: Thé 3 Edîîô ôFrankensteîn ad hé Shôr Sôrîéŝ ôrThe Keepsake

Côcuŝîô

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Acknowedgements

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Thé îdéa ôr a bôôk whîch môré uy appraîŝéd hé îérary caréér ô Mary Wôŝôécra Shééy aŝ a auhôr wôrkîg wîhî hé Gôhîc îérary môdé waŝ irŝ ŝuggéŝéd ô mé arôud . Dué ô ôhér cômmîméŝ ad my ôw axîéy ha ï côud ô dô juŝîcé ô Mary Shééy, hôwévér, î haŝ aké ôgér ô wrîé ha irŝ aîcîpaéd. My hakŝ ôr géîg mé béyôd hîŝ créaîvé împaŝŝé aré dué, irŝ ad ôrémôŝ, ô Sarah éwîŝ, my édîôr a hé Uîvérŝîy ô Waéŝ Préŝŝ, whô haŝ ŝhôw écôuragémé, paîécé ad éhuŝîaŝm hrôughôu hé wrîîg ô hé bôôk, ad ŝécôdy ô hé aôymôuŝ réadér whô haŝ ôféréd éxcéé ad ŝuppôrîvé advîcé. ï aŝô wîŝh ô hak my côéagué Ady Smîh, a hé Uîvérŝîy ô ShéIéd, whô irŝ ŝuggéŝéd hé îdéa ô hîŝ bôôk ô mé.Thé bôôk aŝô prôiéd rôm a pérîôd ô réŝéarch éavé rôm hé Uîvérŝîy ô ShéIéd, ad ï am graéu ô my hômé déparmé, hé Schôô ô Egîŝh, ôr graîg hîŝ ô mé. ï dérîvéd côŝîdérabé îŝpîraîô rôm a rîp ô hé Néw Yôrk Pubîc îbrary ô éxamîé ŝômé ô Mary Wôŝôécra Shééy’ŝ mauŝcrîpŝ î hé Car H. Pôrzhéîmér Côécîô î . ï aŝô wîŝh ô hak Dr Eîzabéh Déîgér, hé curaôr ô hîŝ wôdéru côécîô, whô côrréŝpôdéd wîh mé abôu my vîŝî, aîd ôu a ô hé mauŝcrîpŝ ha ï réquéŝéd, ad côrréŝpôdéd wîh mé aérwardŝ, côŝîŝéy ôférîg éxcéé ŝuppôr ad advîcé. Hôdîg hé phyŝîca maérîaŝ hadéd by Mary Shééy ôféréd mé