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Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family
Stephen Hebron
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Description for Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family
Paperback. Drawing on the archives of both the Bodleian and New York Public Library, this book offers a uniquely visual and insightful account of the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Num Pages: 192 pages, 83 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 732. Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family. 192 pages, 83 colour illustrations. Drawing on the archives of both the Bodleian and New York Public Library, this book offers a uniquely visual and insightful account of the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 18. Weight: 732.
Few families enjoy such a remarkable reputation for their contribution to the literature and intellectual life of Britain as the Godwins and the Shelleys. Yet this reputation was shaped in a subtle way by the selective release of literary manuscripts into the public realm and the suppression of others. This book explores the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary’s parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. It tells the story of how Mary Shelley, haunted by the past, directly sought to enhance the public’s appreciation of her husband and parents by the ... Read more
Few families enjoy such a remarkable reputation for their contribution to the literature and intellectual life of Britain as the Godwins and the Shelleys. Yet this reputation was shaped in a subtle way by the selective release of literary manuscripts into the public realm and the suppression of others. This book explores the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary’s parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. It tells the story of how Mary Shelley, haunted by the past, directly sought to enhance the public’s appreciation of her husband and parents by the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243396
SKU
V9781851243396
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About Stephen Hebron
Stephen Hebron has published widely in the field of British Romanticism, and curated a series of exhibitions at the Wordsworth Trust in Cumbria, England. His previous publications include John Keats: A Poet and His Manuscripts (The British Library, 2002). Elizabeth Campbell Denlinger is curator of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle at the New York Public ... Read more
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