目次
- INTRODUCTION
- Texts:‘The Triumph of Life’,Valperga,and Sordello
- Contexts:Historical Background
- Notes
- CHAPTER 1 P.B.SHELLEY’S‘THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE’
- Introduction
- The Triumph of Life
- Dream‐Vision
- Masquerade/Pageant/Mask
- Politics
- Light
- Masculinity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- CHAPTER 2 MARY SHELLEY’S VALPERGA
- Valperga and‘The Triumph of Life’
- Frankenstein,Valperga,and The Last Man
- History and Romance
- Medievalism and Republicanism
- Romanticism and Feminism
- Narrative and Power
- Conclusion
- Notes
- CHAPTER 3 Browning’s Sordello
- Introduction
- The Problem of Audience
- Poets,Poetics,and Poetic Influences
- Feminism
- Politics
- Rome and Venice
- Notes