VISIONS OF ITALY IN MARY SHELLEY’S SHORT STORIES
VISIONS OF ITALY IN MARY SHELLEY’S SHORT STORIES
Author(s): Elisabetta MarinoSubject(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.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 179-186
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
