The Cambridge Companion To Mary Shelley

Author : Esther Schor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139826730

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The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley by Esther Schor Pdf

Known from her day to ours as 'the Author of Frankenstein', Mary Shelley indeed created one of the central myths of modernity. But she went on to survive all manner of upheaval - personal, political, and professional - and to produce an oeuvre of bracing intelligence and wide cultural sweep. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley helps readers to assess for themselves her remarkable body of work. In clear, accessible essays, a distinguished group of scholars place Shelley's works in several historical and aesthetic contexts: literary history, the legacies of her parents William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and of course the life and afterlife, in cinema, robotics and hypertext, of Frankenstein. Other topics covered include Mary Shelley as a biographer and cultural critic, as the first editor of Percy Shelley's works, and as travel writer. This invaluable volume is complemented by a chronology, a guide to further reading and a select filmography.

Author : Andrew Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781107086197

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The Cambridge Companion to `Frankenstein' by Andrew Smith Pdf

Sixteen original essays by leading scholars on Mary Shelley's novel provide an introduction to Frankenstein and its various critical contexts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 5210077047

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Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley by Anonim Pdf

Author : Esther Schor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521809843

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The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley by Esther Schor Pdf

'The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley' helps readers to assess for themselves her remarkable body of work. In clear, accessible essays, a distinguished group of scholars place Shelley's works in several historical and aesthetic contexts.

Author : Timothy Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827072

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The Cambridge Companion to Shelley by Timothy Morton Pdf

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was an extraordinary poet, playwright and essayist, revolutionary both in his ideas and in his artistic theory and practice. This 2006 collection of original essays by an international group of specialists is a comprehensive survey of the life, works and times of this radical Romantic writer. Three sections cover Shelley's life and posthumous reception; the basics of his poetry, prose and drama; and his immersion in the currents of philosophical and political thinking and practice. As well as providing a wide-ranging look at the state of existing scholarship, the Companion develops and enriches our understanding of Shelley. Significant new contributions include fresh assessments of Shelley's narratives, his view of philosophy, and his role in emerging views about ecology. With its chronology and guide to further reading, this lively and accessible Companion is an invaluable guide for students and scholars of Shelley and of Romanticism.

Author : Bruce Clarke,Manuela Rossini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107086203

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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Posthuman by Bruce Clarke,Manuela Rossini Pdf

This book gathers diverse critical treatments from fifteen scholars of the posthuman and posthumanism together in a single volume.

Author : Michael Bell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107493896

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The Cambridge Companion to European Novelists by Michael Bell Pdf

A lively and comprehensive account of the whole tradition of European fiction for students and teachers of comparative literature, this volume covers twenty-five of the most significant and influential novelists in Europe from Cervantes to Kundera. Each essay examines an author's use of, and contributions to, the genre and also engages an important aspect of the form, such as its relation to romance or one of its sub-genres, such as the Bildungsroman. Larger theoretical questions are introduced through specific readings of exemplary novels. Taking a broad historical and geographic view, the essays keep in mind the role the novel itself has played in the development of European national identities and in cultural history over the last four centuries. While conveying essential introductory information for new readers, these authoritative essays reflect up-to-date scholarship and also review, and sometimes challenge, conventional accounts.

Author : Claudia L. Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521789524

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The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft by Claudia L. Johnson Pdf

A collected volume which addresses all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career.

Author : Jean-Baptiste François Xavier Cousin de Grainville
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081956608X

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The Last Man by Jean-Baptiste François Xavier Cousin de Grainville Pdf

New English translation of this “demise of the human race” story.

Author : Jerrold E. Hogle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-08-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521794668

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The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction by Jerrold E. Hogle Pdf

Gothic as a form of fiction-making has played a major role in Western culture since the late eighteenth century. Here fourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough and revealing accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying type of fiction from the 1760s (the decade of The Castle of Otranto, the first so-called Gothic story ) to the end of the twentieth century (an era haunted by filmed and computerized Gothic simulations). Along the way, these essays explore the connections of Gothic fictions to political and industrial revolutions, the realistic novel, the theatre, Romantic and post-Romantic poetry, nationalism and racism from Europe to America, colonized and post-colonial populations, the rise of film and other visual technologies, the struggles between high and popular culture, changing psychological attitudes towards human identity, gender and sexuality, and the obscure lines between life and death, sanity and madness. The volume also includes a chronology and guides to further reading.

Author : Devoney Looser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107016682

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The Cambridge Companion to Women's Writing in the Romantic Period by Devoney Looser Pdf

A wide-ranging and accessible account of the pioneering professional women writers who flourished during the Romantic period.

Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624

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The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature by Eva-Marie Kröller Pdf

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521016576

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The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction by Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn Pdf

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Author : Derek Hughes,Janet Todd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521527201

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The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn by Derek Hughes,Janet Todd Pdf

Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important translations from French libertine and scientific works. This Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this increasingly important writer and thinker.

Author : Drummond Bone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521786762

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The Cambridge Companion to Byron by Drummond Bone Pdf

Byron s life and work have fascinated readers around the world for two hundred years, but it is the complex interaction between his art and his politics, beliefs and sexuality that has attracted so many modern critics and students. In three sections devoted to the historical, textual and literary contexts of Byron s life and times, these specially commissioned essays by a range of eminent Byron scholars provide a compelling picture of the diversity of Byron s writings. The essays cover topics such as Byron s interest in the East, his relationship to the publishing world, his attitudes to gender, his use of Shakespeare and eighteenth-century literature, and his acute fit in a post-modernist world. This Companion provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars, including a chronology and a guide to further reading.