Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family

by Elizabeth C. Denlinger and Stephen Hebron

Few families enjoy such a remarkable reputation for their contribution to the literature and intellectual life of Britain as the Godwins and the Shelleys. Yet this reputation was shaped in a subtle way by the selective release of literary manuscripts into the public realm and the suppression of others.This book explores the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851243399
• ISBN13: 9781851243396
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.7"