LodoreBeset by jealousy over an admirer of his wife’s, Lord Lodore has come with his daughter Ethel to the American wilderness; his wife Cornelia, meanwhile, has remained with her controlling mother in England. When he finally brings himself to attempt a return, Lodore is killed en route in a duel. Ethel does return to England, and the rest of the book tells the story of her marriage to the troubled and impoverished Villiers (whom she stands by through a variety of tribulations) and her long journey to a reconciliation with her mother. Lodore’s scope of character and of idea is matched by its narrative range and variety of setting; the novel’s highly dramatic story-line moves at different points to Italy, to Illinois, and to Niagara Falls. And in this edition, which includes a wealth of documents from the period, the reader is provided with a sense of the full context out of which Shelley’s achievement emerged. |
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... William Cobbett , from A Year's Residence in America ( 1818-19 ) 3. Frances Wright , from Views of Society and Manners in America ( 1821 ) 491 488 4. William Godwin , from Enquiry Concerning Political Justice , Third Edition ( 1798 ) ...
Mary Shelley Lisa Vargo. 3. William Godwin , from The Enquirer ( 1797 ) 513 4. Anna Jameson , from Characteristics of Women ( 1832 ) 516 5. Sarah Stickney Ellis , from The Women of England ( 1839 ) 519 Appendix E : Contemporary Reviews ...
... Godwin - Shelley circle , Jay Macpherson must be thanked for introducing me to Mary Shelley's writings , and I am ... William Slights deserve mention for their help . Carolyn Ives and Heather Frey were generous in undertaking research ...
Mary Shelley Lisa Vargo. 3. William Godwin, from The Enquirer (1797) 4. Anna jameson, from Characteristics ofI/Vomen (1832) j. 513 516 Sarah Stickney Ellis, from The I/Vomen of England (1 8 39) 519 Appendix E: Contemporary Reviews of ...
... William Godwin died in 1837 , Shelley returned to London . The following year Percy Florence went to Trinity Col- lege , Cambridge ( Byron's college , as Harrow had been his school ) , and Mary moved to Grosvenor Square . Her literary ...
Contents
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Mary ShelleyWoman of Letters | 449 |
Some Literary Contexts | 472 |
Illinois and Duelling | 483 |
William Godwin from Enquiry Concerning Political Justice Third Edition | 493 |
Domesticity and Womens Education | 500 |
Contemporary Reviews of Lodore | 531 |
From The Literary Gazette | 543 |
Select Bibliography | 550 |