''All the World''s a Stage'' - Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley''s Novels

Informationen zum Autor Charlene E. Bunnell Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of the theatrum mundi world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Roots of Mary Shelley’s Dramatic Sensibility; Chapter 3 Frankenstein: Storytelling as Dramatic Performance; Chapter 4 Mathilda: Life as Theatrical Production; Chapter 5 The Last Man: Autobiography as Drama; Chapter 6 Valperga: Theatrical Plots and Dramatic Intrigue; Chapter 7 Perkin Warbeck: Problematic Roles and Identities; Chapter 8 Lodore: Public Spectacle and Private Lives; Chapter 9 Falkner: The Illusion of Romance; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

Product details

• Authors: Charlene Bunnell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2002
• EAN: 9780415938631
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93863-1
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography, Literature and Literary studies