ABSTRACT

This book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of thetheatrum mundi, world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels.

chapter Chapter One|5 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter Two|27 pages

Roots of Mary Shelley's Dramatic Sensibility

chapter Chapter Four|24 pages

Mathilda: Life as Theatrical Production

chapter Chapter Five|23 pages

The Last Man: Autobiography as Drama

chapter Chapter Eight|16 pages

Lodore: Public Spectacle and Private Lives

chapter Chapter Nine|13 pages

Falkner: The Illusion of Romance

chapter Chapter Ten|5 pages

Conclusion