All the world's a stage : dramatic sensibility in Mary Shelley's novels
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All the world's a stage : dramatic sensibility in Mary Shelley's novels
(Studies in major literary authors, v. 9)(A Routledge series)
Routledge, 2014, c2002
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 187-203
Includes index
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Description
This book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of thetheatrum mundi, world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Roots of Mary Shelley's Dramatic Sensibility 3. Frankenstein : Storytelling as Dramatic Performance 4. Mathilda : Life as Theatrical Production 5. The Last Man : Autobiography as Drama 6. Valperga : Theatrical Plots and Dramatic Intrigue 7. Perkin Warbeck : Problematic Roles and Identities 8. Lodore : Public Spectacle and Private Lives 9. Falkner : The Illusion of Romance 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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