9780195062588-0195062582-The Mary Shelley Reader (Containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, Tales and Stories, Essays and Reviews, and Letters)

The Mary Shelley Reader (Containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, Tales and Stories, Essays and Reviews, and Letters)

ISBN-13: 9780195062588
ISBN-10: 0195062582
Edition: First Edition
Author: Charles E. Robinson, Mary W. Shelley, Betty T Bennett
Publication date: 1990
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 446 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195062588
ISBN-10: 0195062582
Edition: First Edition
Author: Charles E. Robinson, Mary W. Shelley, Betty T Bennett
Publication date: 1990
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 446 pages

Summary

The Mary Shelley Reader (Containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, Tales and Stories, Essays and Reviews, and Letters) (ISBN-13: 9780195062588 and ISBN-10: 0195062582), written by authors Charles E. Robinson, Mary W. Shelley, Betty T Bennett, was published by Oxford University Press in 1990. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Mary Shelley Reader (Containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, Tales and Stories, Essays and Reviews, and Letters) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.59.

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