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VISIONS OF ITALY IN MARY SHELLEY’S SHORT STORIES
VISIONS OF ITALY IN MARY SHELLEY’S SHORT STORIES

Author(s): Elisabetta Marino
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Italian Risorgimento; Italy; Mary Shelley; short stories; tyranny

Summary/Abstract: Mary Shelley arrived in Italy in 1818 and left her beloved “foster country” in 1823. The Italian landscape, its past and present history, its customs, traditions exercised a powerful impact on the writer’s imagination, leading to a copious literary production. This paper aims at analyzing Mary Shelley’s Italian short stories.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 179-186
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English