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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... attention to the dictates of the marketplace , extends its concerns far beyond commercial considerations . In fact , Shelley may be seen to subvert them . One respect in which she indicates her intent is the presence of epigraphs and ...
... attention away from the novel's serious concerns . As has already been noted , the tradition of viewing Shelley's work for what it adds to knowledge of Percy is rooted in what Richard Garnett calls “ Professor Dowden's fortunate ...
... attention for its connections with Shelley's other writings , which examine the confli- ct between female self - sacrifice and male egotism . 14 One critic has called Lodore “ Frankenstein without the science ” ( Other Mary Shelley 230 ) ...
... attention from critics . Custody is another topical concern touched on in the novel . Cor- nelia is separated from Ethel by Lodore's patriarchal assumptions both before and after his death . Shortly after the publication of the novel ...
... attention to be paid to any thing but the “ overt acts ” of the stranger — the number of acres which he bought , which were few , the extent of his clearings , and the number of work- men that he employed , both of which were ...
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 |