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- Percy Shelley in Context
- Percy Shelley in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Life and Death
- Part II Intellectual, Cultural, and Political Contexts
- Chapter 7 Ancient Philosophy
- Chapter 8 Ancient Poetry
- Chapter 9 English Literature to 1792
- Chapter 10 European Literature, Dante to Rousseau
- Chapter 11 The Visual and Plastic Arts
- Chapter 12 The Radical Press
- Chapter 13 Shelley and the Lake Poets
- Chapter 14 Mary Shelley
- Chapter 15 Thomas Love Peacock
- Chapter 16 Byron and Shelley
- Chapter 17 Keats and Shelley
- Chapter 18 Revolution and Reform
- Chapter 19 Political Economy
- Chapter 20 Empire
- Chapter 21 Shelley’s Sexless Sexuality
- Chapter 22 The British Empiricists
- Chapter 23 The Sciences
- Chapter 24 Religion
- Part III Writings
- Part IV Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 14 - Mary Shelley
from Part II - Intellectual, Cultural, and Political Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2025
- Percy Shelley in Context
- Percy Shelley in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Life and Death
- Part II Intellectual, Cultural, and Political Contexts
- Chapter 7 Ancient Philosophy
- Chapter 8 Ancient Poetry
- Chapter 9 English Literature to 1792
- Chapter 10 European Literature, Dante to Rousseau
- Chapter 11 The Visual and Plastic Arts
- Chapter 12 The Radical Press
- Chapter 13 Shelley and the Lake Poets
- Chapter 14 Mary Shelley
- Chapter 15 Thomas Love Peacock
- Chapter 16 Byron and Shelley
- Chapter 17 Keats and Shelley
- Chapter 18 Revolution and Reform
- Chapter 19 Political Economy
- Chapter 20 Empire
- Chapter 21 Shelley’s Sexless Sexuality
- Chapter 22 The British Empiricists
- Chapter 23 The Sciences
- Chapter 24 Religion
- Part III Writings
- Part IV Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the relationship between Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. It follows them through a wide range of domestic settings in England, Switzerland, and Italy and emphasises their collaborative literary relationship, discussing both Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein, conceived during the inclement summer of 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva, their jointly authored History of a Six Weeks’ Tour, and several of Percy Shelley’s poems, including Epipsychidion and The Cenci. The chapter discusses Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s essential role in editing and transmitting Percy Shelley’s works to literary history after the poet’s death.
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- Percy Shelley in Context , pp. 107 - 113Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025