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DEATH AND THE MAIDENS
FANNY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND THE SHELLEY CIRCLE |
| By: |
Janet Todd |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1448212529 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781448212521 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
19 September, 2013 |
| Synopsis: |
1816 was the fateful year when the Romantic poet Shelley and his lover Mary shared a hectic creative and sexual menage in Switzerland with Lord Byron. This intense period drew from the men some of the greatest poetry of the age; from Mary, it elicited the seminal figures of Frankenstein and his Creature. But for other women close to Shelley it was a time of tragedy. At the heart of the story are Fanny Wollstonecraft and Harriet Westbrook, women whose lives were literally overwhelmed by him - and who both committed suicide before the year was out."Not only a splendid work of feminist history, this is an important addition to late 18th- and early 19-century literary criticism." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Reader |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |