E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten
Bunnell 'All the World's a Stage'
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-71364-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels
E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in Major Literary Authors
ISBN: 978-1-136-71364-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.
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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