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- Title: Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Ed. Mary Shelley's Fictions: From "Frankenstein" to "Falkner." (Book Review)
- Author : Studies in Romanticism
- Release Date : January 22, 2003
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 183 KB
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New York: St. Martin's Press/Palgrave, 2000. Pp. xxvi + 250. $75.00. A recent electronic exchange on a romanticism list-server illustrates some of the difficulties and prejudices still encountered when discussing the other Mary Shelley, not just "the author of Frankenstein" but also of five other novels, one novella, two verse-dramas and various minor texts. In response to a young professor's appeal for advice on teaching Valperga and The Last Man, a more seasoned colleague recommended focusing on the novels' biographical contexts or on humanistic themes rather than on sociology or popular culture. Part of the problem, the professor hinted, was the lumbering quality of Shelley's prose in these two mid-career novels. This anecdote, all too common in English departments, reveals how, behind scholars' questioning of Mary Shelley's fiction, an uncertainty about the author's artistry still lurks.
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