Valperga, or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Valperga, or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
(Broadview literary texts)
Broadview Press, c1998
- Other Title
-
Valperga
Life and adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
Available at / 2 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-492)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1823, Valperga is probably Mary Shelley's most neglected novel. Set in 14th-century Italy, it represents a merging of historical romance and the literature of sentiment. Incorporating intriguing feminist elements, this absorbing novel shows Shelley as a complex and intellectually astute thinker.
Table of Contents
Appendix A: from Godwin's "Of History and Romance"
Appendix B: from Machiavelli's Life of Castruccio
Appendix C: Extract from Draft Manuscript
Appendix D: from Sismondi's History of the Italian Republics of the Middle Ages, II: 110-12 (translation Rajan)
Appendix E: Reviews of Valperga
From The Ladies' Monthly Museum 17 (April, 1823)
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine 13 (1823)
From The Examiner 788 (March 2, 1823)
From The Literary Gazette, and Journal of the Belles Lettres 319 (March 1, 1823)
From Monthly Review 101 (May, 1823)
Select Bibliography
by "Nielsen BookData"