"All the World's a Stage": Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's NovelsThis book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of the theatrum mundi , world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels. |
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Contents
Frankenstein Storytelling as Dramatic Performance | 35 |
Mathilda Life as Theatrical Production | 61 |
The Last Man Autobiography as Drama | 85 |
Valperga Theatrical Plots and Dramatic Intrigue | 109 |
Perkin Warbeck Problematic Roles and Identities | 131 |
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'All the World's a Stage': Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels Charlene Bunnell Limited preview - 2013 |
'All the World's a Stage': Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels Charlene Bunnell Limited preview - 2013 |
'All the World's a Stage': Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels Charlene Bunnell No preview available - 2014 |
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