Author: Marthalee Atkinson Spears
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Empathy in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 6798

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Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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Tales and Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: A captivating collection of short stories showcasing Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's literary talents beyond her famous novel "Frankenstein." These tales explore a range of themes, from gothic horror to science fiction, offering readers a glimpse into Shelley's diverse storytelling abilities and her contributions to the genres of romanticism and speculative fiction. Key Aspects of the Book "Tales and Stories": Diverse Genres: Shelley's collection spans various genres, allowing readers to experience her versatility as a writer. Exploration of Themes: The tales delve into themes of humanity, morality, and the consequences of unchecked ambition, reflecting Shelley's philosophical and introspective tendencies. Literary Legacy: The book showcases Shelley's significance as a pioneer in both gothic and science fiction literature, contributing to the development of these genres. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist and writer, born in 1797. She is best known for her iconic novel "Frankenstein," which is considered one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Shelley's literary career extended beyond "Frankenstein," and her short stories and essays demonstrated her literary prowess. Tales and Stories provides a broader view of Shelley's literary talent and exemplifies her contributions to the world of speculative fiction and gothic literature.

Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3501

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This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: Frankenstein (Original Edition, 1818) Frankenstein (Revised Edition, 1831) The Last Man Mathilda Valperga The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck Lodore (The Beautiful Widow) Falkner Short Stories: The Sisters of Albano Ferdinando Eboli The Evil Eye The Dream The Mourner The False Rhyme A Tale of the Passions; or, The Death of Despina The Mortal Immortal Transformation The Swiss Peasant The Invisible Girl The Brother and Sister The Parvenue The Pole Euphrasia The Elder Son The Pilgrims On Ghosts The Hair of Mondolfo Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot Plays: Proserpine Midas Travel Narratives: History of a Six Weeks' Tour Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley The Life & Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Florence Ashton Marshall

Author: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction.She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and feminist activist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Author: Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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English -- Romanticism -- Ethics.

Author: Roman Alexander Barton
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110625318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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How is it that we feel with fictional characters and so approve or disapprove of their actions? For many British Enlightenment thinkers writing at a time when sympathy was the pivot of ethics as well as poetics, this question was crucial. Asserting that the notion of the sympathetic imagination prominent in Romantic criticism and poetry originates in Moral Sentimentalism, this study traces the emergence of what became a key concept of intersubjectivity. It shows how, contrary to earlier traditions, Francis Hutcheson and his disciples successively established the imagination rather than reason as the pivotal faculty through which sympathy is rendered morally effective. Writing at the interface of ethics and poetics, Adam Smith, Lord Kames and others explored the sympathetic imagination as a means of both explaining emotional reader response and discovering moral distinctions. As a result, the sentimental novel became the sight of ethical controversy. Arguing against the dominant view of research which claims that the novel of sensibility is mostly uncritically sentimental, the book demonstrates that it is precisely in this genre that the sympathetic imagination is sceptically assessed in terms of its literary and moral potential.

Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533033550
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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From the INTRODUCTION. IT is customary to regard Mary Shelley's claims to literary distinction as so entirely rooted and grounded in her husband's as to constitute a merely parasitic growth upon his fame. It may be unreservedly admitted that her association with Shelley, and her care of his writings and memory after his death, are the strongest of her titles to remembrance. It is further undeniable that the most original of her works is also that which betrays the strongest traces of his influence. Frankenstein was written when her brain, magnetized by his companionship, was capable of an effort never to be repeated. But if the frame of mind which engendered and sustained the work was created by Shelley, the conception was not his, and the diction is dissimilar to his. Both derive from Godwin, but neither is Godwin's. The same observation, except for an occasional phrase caught from Shelley, applies to all her subsequent work. The frequent exaltation of spirit, the ideality and romance, may well have been Shelley's-the general style of execution neither repeats nor resembles him. Mary Shelley's voice, then, is not to die away as a mere echo of her illustrious husband's. She has the prima facie claim to a hearing due to every writer who can assert the possession of a distinctive individuality; and if originality be once conceded to Frankenstein, as in all equity it must, none will dispute the validity of a title to fame grounded on such a work. It has solved the question itself- it is famous. It is full of faults venial in an author of nineteen; but, apart from the wild grandeur of the conception, it has that which even the maturity of mere talent never attains-the insight of genius which looks below the appearances of things, and perhaps even reverses its own first conception by the discovery of some underlying truth. Mary Shelley's original intention was probably that which would alone have occurred to most writers in her place. She meant to paint Frankenstein's monstrous creation as an object of unmitigated horror. The perception that he was an object of intense compassion as well imparted a moral value to what otherwise would have remained a daring flight of imagination. It has done more: it has helped to create, if it did not itself beget, a type of personage unknown to ancient fiction. The conception of a character at once justly execrable and truly pitiable is altogether modern. Richard the Third and Caliban make some approach towards it; but the former is too self-sufficing in his valour and his villainy to be deeply pitied, and the latter too senseless and brutal. Victor Hugo has made himself the laureate of pathetic deformity, but much of his work is a conscious or unconscious variation on the original theme of Frankenstein. None of Mary Shelley's subsequent romances approached Frankenstein in power and popularity. The reason may be summed up in a word-Languor. After the death of her infant son in 1819, she could never again command the energy which had carried her so vigorously through Frankenstein. Except in one instance, her work did not really interest her. Her heart is not in it. Valperga contains many passages of exquisite beauty; but it was, as the authoress herself says, "a child of mighty slow growth;" "laboriously dug," Shelley adds, "out of a hundred old chronicles," and wants the fire of imagination which alone could have interpenetrated the mass and fused its diverse ingredients into a satisfying whole. Of the later novels, The Last Man excepted, it is needless to speak, save for the autobiographic interest with which Professor Dowden's fortunate discovery has informed the hitherto slighted pages of Lodore. But The Last Man demands great attention, for it is not only a work of far higher merit than commonly admitted, but of all her works the most characteristic of the authoress....

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838636848
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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"Iconoclastic Departures contributes to the ongoing reevaluation of Mary Shelley as a professional author in her own right with a lifelong commitment to the development of her craft. Many of its essays acknowledge the importance of her family to her work - the steady theme of much earlier scholarship - but for them the family has become an imperative socio-psychological context within which to better understand her innovations in the many literary forms she worked with during her career: journals, letters, travelogues, biographies, poems, dramas, tales, and novels." "The book's essays also convey the conviction that even if Mary Shelley, after Percy Shelley's death, gradually retired from public life as his relatives wished, she retained a resiliently resistant attitude toward many of the established orders of her day, easily recovered by a careful look beyond her "feelings" to the productions of her literary "imagination."" "The Mary Shelley who inhabits this three-part collection of portraits is a radical, even if a quiet radical. Part 1 focuses on various moments in her construction of her authorial identity; parts 2 and 3 anatomize the nature of her resistance and her innovation. She is presented as a writer who reappropriates authority for herself, who redesigns genres, who redefines gender, who rewrites history and biography, who revises her readers' aesthetic expectations, and who protests cultural imperialism at home and abroad. It seems significant to the contributors to this volume that this new, radical Mary Shelley was not invented by a pointed call for papers but emerged spontaneously from an open invitation to scholars working in various corners of the English-speaking world."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Enter the haunting world of "Mathilda" by Mary Shelley, a poignant and deeply introspective novella that explores themes of love, loss, and redemption with haunting beauty. Written by the author of "Frankenstein," this lesser-known work offers a profound meditation on the human condition and the complexities of familial relationships. Follow the tragic tale of Mathilda, a young woman haunted by the memory of her deceased father and the forbidden love that once bound them together. Through Shelley's evocative prose and introspective narrative, readers are drawn into Mathilda's world of solitude, longing, and profound emotional turmoil. Experience the depth of Mathilda's emotions as she grapples with feelings of guilt, despair, and longing for a connection that transcends the boundaries of societal norms. Shelley's exploration of forbidden love and the consequences of societal judgment resonates with timeless relevance, offering readers a glimpse into the complexities of human desire and the struggle for self-acceptance. Take a closer look at the themes of isolation and alienation that pervade Mathilda's story, as she grapples with the weight of her father's legacy and the burden of her own guilt. Through Mathilda's introspective reflections and inner turmoil, Shelley invites readers to confront their own fears, regrets, and desires for connection and understanding. The overall tone of the novella is one of melancholy and introspection, as Shelley delves into the darkest corners of the human psyche with empathy and compassion. With its lyrical prose and haunting imagery, "Mathilda" offers a moving exploration of the complexities of human emotion and the universal quest for love and redemption. Since its publication, "Mathilda" has been hailed as a masterpiece of Gothic literature, earning praise for its psychological depth, emotional resonance, and haunting beauty. It remains a lesser-known work by Mary Shelley but has garnered a dedicated following among readers who appreciate its poetic prose and profound insights into the human condition. Designed for readers who enjoy literary fiction with a touch of the macabre, "Mathilda" offers a hauntingly beautiful journey into the depths of the human soul. Whether you're a fan of Mary Shelley's more famous works or discovering her writing for the first time, this novella is sure to leave a lasting impression. In conclusion, "Mathilda" is more than just a novella—it's a hauntingly beautiful exploration of love, loss, and redemption that resonates with timeless relevance. Join Mary Shelley on this introspective journey into the heart of darkness and discover the power of literature to illuminate the human experience. Don't miss your chance to experience the haunting beauty of "Mathilda" by Mary Shelley. Grab your copy now and embark on a journey of self-discovery and emotional resonance that will stay with you long after the final page.

Author: Anne K. Mellor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136609334
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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An innovative, beautifully written analysis of Mary Shelley's life and works which draws on unpublished archival material as well as Frankenstein and examines her relationship with her husband and other key personalities.