Valperga

Or The Life And Adventures Of Castruccio, Prince Of Lucca

by Mary Shelley
language: english
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC, February of 1998 ‧
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Shelley's second novel, focuses on the intricate details of 13th-century Tuscan politics, with a resolute filtering of the bloody heroics of the age through the sensibilities of two women who are destroyed by them. A feminist perspective so conspicuously missing from "Frankenstein" is revealed.

Valperga

Or The Life And Adventures Of Castruccio, Prince Of Lucca

by Mary Shelley

Property Description
ISBN: 9780195108811
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
Release Date: February of 1998
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Format: Book
Collection: Women Writers In English 1350-1850
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Other Literary Forms
Books in English > Fiction > Essays
Books in English > Fiction > Epistles and Letters
EAN: 9780195108811

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) nasceu no seio de uma família intelectual britânica. Foi romancista, dramaturga, ensaísta, biógrafa, escritora de viagens e editora das obras do seu marido, o poeta romântico e filósofo Percy Bysshe Shelley, com quem casou em 1816. A sua obra mais relevante, Frankenstein, é considerada um dos primeiros exemplos no género da ficção científica.

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