The Mary Shelley Reader

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Renewed interest in the life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has in recent years generated new biographical studies, complete edi-tions of her letters and short stories and journals, and fresh critical assessments of Frankenstein and her other fiction. Until now, however, there has been no anthology of her work. The Maiy Shelley Reader is a unique new collection that fills this gap. In addition to the originál and complete 1818 version of her masterpiece Frankenstein, the book offers a new text of Mary Shelley's novella Mathilda—an extraordinary tale of incest, guilt, and atonement that was not published until 1959 and has been out of print since then. Alsó included are seven of Mary Shelley's short stories that rangé from gentle satire to fantastic tales of reanimation, diabolical transformation, and immortality. Eight of her essays and reviews are reprinted here for the first time since their originál publication, and eleven representative letters help bring to life a... Tovább

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Renewed interest in the life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has in recent years generated new biographical studies, complete edi-tions of her letters and short stories and journals, and fresh critical assessments of Frankenstein and her other fiction. Until now, however, there has been no anthology of her work. The Maiy Shelley Reader is a unique new collection that fills this gap. In addition to the originál and complete 1818 version of her masterpiece Frankenstein, the book offers a new text of Mary Shelley's novella Mathilda—an extraordinary tale of incest, guilt, and atonement that was not published until 1959 and has been out of print since then. Alsó included are seven of Mary Shelley's short stories that rangé from gentle satire to fantastic tales of reanimation, diabolical transformation, and immortality. Eight of her essays and reviews are reprinted here for the first time since their originál publication, and eleven representative letters help bring to life a remarkable literary and historical figure—author, daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley. An illuminating introduction, a chronology, explanatory notes, and a bibliography make The Mary Shelley Reader an indispen-sable resource for students of English Romantic literature.
About the editors
Betty T. Bennett is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Literature at The American University. She is editor of The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (three volumes, 1980v 1983, 1988) and has written and produced a play based on Frankenstein.
Charles E. Robinson is Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Delaware. He is editor of Mary Shelley: Collected Tales and Stories (1976) and author of Shelley and Byron: The Snake and Eagle Wreathed in Fight (1976). Vissza