The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521809843 ISBN 13: 9780521809849

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Well-known scholars review Mary Shelley's work in several contexts (literary history, aesthetic and literary culture, the legacies of her parents) and also analyze her most famous work-- Frankenstein. The contributors also examine Shelley as a biographer, cultural critic, and travel writer. The text is supplemented by a chronology, guide to further reading and select filmography.

About this title

Book Description

In The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley, leading scholars discuss her work in several fascinating contexts: literary history, aesthetic and literary culture, the legacies of her parents William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and of course the life and afterlife of her most famous work Frankenstein. Other topics covered include Mary Shelley as a biographer and cultural critic and her travel writing. The contributions are sophisticated but accessible, challenging but lucid, and are complemented by a chronology, a guide to further reading and a select filmography.

About the Author

Esther Schor is the author of "Emma Lazarus", which received a 2006 National Jewish Book Award, and the editor of the" Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley". Her essays and reviews have appeared in the "New York Times Book Review", the "Times Literary Supplement", and "The Forward", among other publications. Her first collection of poems, "The Hills of Holland", was a nominee for the "Los Angeles Times Book Awards". A professor of English at Princeton University, Schor lives in Princeton, NJ.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521809843
• ISBN 13: 9780521809849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Schor Esther