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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... give words to thoughts & feelings that as a tempest hurry me along ? — Is this the sand that the ever flowing sea of thought would impress indelibly ? — Alas ! I am alone — no eye answers mind — my voice can with none assume its natural ...
... give an “ immense drubbing ” to men who attack women's “ inferiority ” ( 2.266-267 ) . Claire's response demonstrates that she was aware of the political potential of Shelley's writings ; however , Claire herself did not acknowledge ...
... give way to reconcil- iation , and all live happily ever after , including Cornelia who marries the widowed Saville . It seems clear that the overarching issue that unites a number of concerns is the consequence of individual actions ...
... gives us ... himself , his experience , his opinions , his emo- tions . ” Nevertheless she insists that , " The merely copying from our own hearts will no more form a first - rate work of art , than will the most exquisite ...
... give you an idea of the whole tale [ The ] A Mother & Daughter are the heroines — The Mother who after safrifising [ sacrificing ] all to the world at first — afterwards makes sacrifises not less entire , for her child — finding all to ...
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 |