In search of Mary Shelley / Fiona Sampson.
We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail--the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, with Percy Shelley; the years of peripatetic travel across Europe that followed. But there has been no literary biography written this century, and previous books have ignored the real person--what she actually thought and felt and why she did what she did--despite the fact that Mary and her group of second-generation Romantics were extremely interested in the psychological aspect of life. In this probing narrative, Fiona Sampson pursues Mary Shelley through her turbulent life, much as Victor Frankenstein tracked his monster across the arctic wastes. Sampson has written a book that finally answers the question of how it was that a nineteen-year-old came to write a novel so dark, mysterious, anguished, and psychologically astute that it continues to resonate two centuries later. No previous biographer has ever truly considered this question, let alone answered it.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681777528
- ISBN: 1681777525
- Physical Description: xii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (mostly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-294) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part One: The Instruments of Life -- The Instruments of Life -- Learning to Look --Through a Door Partly Opened --Elopement -- Becoming a Couple --At Villa Diodati -- A Young writer -- Emigrants --Part Two: Borne Away by the Waves -- Le rêve est fini --The Mona Lisa Smile -- Coda. |
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Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 24 of 24 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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Batesville Mem. PL - Batesville | 920 SHELLEY MARY (Text) | 34706001607763 | Non-Fiction 900-999 | Available | - |
Coatesville-Clay Twp PL - Coatesville | B SHELLEY (Text) | 78321000027689 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Danville-Center Twp PL - Danville | B She (Text) | 32604000205233 | AD Biography | Available | - |
Eckhart PL - Main | 823.7 SAM (Text) | 840191002126510 | Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level | Available | - |
Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | 921 SHE (Text) | 33187004384240 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Garrett PL - Garrett | 823.7 SAM (Text) | 30010170850591 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Greensburg-Decatur Co PL - Greensburg | BIO SHELLEY (Text) | 32826014148613 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Greenwood PL - Greenwood | NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY Shelley (Text) | 36626103968673 | 2nd Floor Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | B SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONE SAMPSON (Text) | 33946003364572 | Adult Biographies | Available | - |
Jay Co PL - Portland | B S545 (Text) | 76383000462797 | Adult Biographies | Available | - |
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Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein, a major new biography of Mary Shelley, written by an award-winning poet, shares literary insight into Shelley's firsthand experiences throughout her infamously turbulent life. - Baker & Taylor
Traces the Romantic-era author's turbulent life, from her mother's death within days of her birth to her elopement at age seventeen and her years of travel through Europe, to uncover the motives behind Shelley's most famous work, "Frankenstein." - Book News
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Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein in 1818, a prize-winning poet delivers a major new biography of Mary Shelley?as she has never been seen before.
We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail'the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, with Percy Shelley; the years of peripatetic travel across Europe that followed. But there has been no literary biography written this century, and previous books have ignored the real person'what she actually thought and felt and why she did what she did'despite the fact that Mary and her group of second-generation Romantics were extremely interested in the psychological aspect of life.
In this probing narrative, Fiona Sampson pursues Mary Shelley through her turbulent life, much as Victor Frankenstein tracked his monster across the arctic wastes. Sampson has written a book that finally answers the question of how it was that a nineteen-year-old came to write a novel so dark, mysterious, anguished, and psychologically astute that it continues to resonate two centuries later. No previous biographer has ever truly considered this question, let alone answered it. - Simon and Schuster
Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein in 1818, a prize-winning poet delivers a major new biography of Mary Shelley?as she has never been seen before.
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We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail'the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, with Percy Shelley; the years of peripatetic travel across Europe that followed. But there has been no literary biography written this century, and previous books have ignored the real person'what she actually thought and felt and why she did what she did'despite the fact that Mary and her group of second-generation Romantics were extremely interested in the psychological aspect of life.
In this probing narrative, Fiona Sampson pursues Mary Shelley through her turbulent life, much as Victor Frankenstein tracked his monster across the arctic wastes. Sampson has written a book that finally answers the question of how it was that a nineteen-year-old came to write a novel so dark, mysterious, anguished, and psychologically astute that it continues to resonate two centuries later. No previous biographer has ever truly considered this question, let alone answered it. - WW Norton
We know the facts of Mary Shelleyâs life in some detailâthe death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, with Percy Shelley; the years of peripatetic travel across Europe that followed. But there has been no literary biography written this century, and previous books have ignored the real personâwhat she actually thought and felt and why she did what she didâdespite the fact that Mary and her group of second-generation Romantics were extremely interested in the psychological aspect of life.In this probing narrative, Fiona Sampson pursues Mary Shelley through her turbulent life, much as Victor Frankenstein tracked his monster across the arctic wastes. Sampson has written a book that finally answers the question of how it was that a nineteen-year-old came to write a novel so dark, mysterious, anguished, and psychologically astute that it continues to resonate two centuries later. No previous biographer has ever truly considered this question, let alone answered it.