1st Edition
'All the World's a Stage' Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels
By Charlene Bunnell
Copyright 2002
224 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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
Biography
Charlene E. Bunnell
