'All the World's a Stage': Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels

ISBN-13: 9780415866873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Charlene Bunnell

Opis

This book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of thetheatrum mundi, world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Roots of Mary Shelley's Dramatic Sensibility 3. Frankenstein : Storytelling as Dramatic Performance 4. Mathilda : Life as Theatrical Production 5. The Last Man : Autobiography as Drama 6. Valperga : Theatrical Plots and Dramatic Intrigue 7. Perkin Warbeck : Problematic Roles and Identities 8. Lodore : Public Spectacle and Private Lives 9. Falkner : The Illusion of Romance 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Charlene E. Bunnell