| Mary Shelley: A Literary Life 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Williams, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333698312 ISBN-13: 9780333698310 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823 |
| Series: Literary Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 209 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Much of Mary Shelley's life reads like a compilation of some of the most lurid and sensationalist novels of her time. After the stormy years of her relationship with Percy Shelley, Mary went on to raise her one surviving son on her own, never sure of the loyalty of friends, threatened and intimidated by her dead husband's father. John Williams offers a thoughtful assessment of her literary achievement, set against the background of the evolution of the English novel in the politically volatile years of the early nineteenth century. |