'All the World's a Stage' : Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels.
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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Colección: | Studies in major literary authors.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Roots of Mary Shelley's Dramatic Sensibility; Chapter Three: Frankenstein: Storytelling as Dramatic Performance; Chapter Four: Mathilda: Life as Theatrical Production; Chapter Five: The Last Man: Autobiography as Drama; Chapter Six: Valperga: Theatrical Plots and Dramatic Intrigue; Chapter Seven: Perkin Warbeck: Problematic Roles and Identities; Chapter Eight: Lodore: Public Spectacle and Private Lives; Chapter Nine: Falkner: The Illusion of Romance.
- Chapter Ten: ConclusionBibliography; Index.