Mathilda, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Barbour, Judith. “‘The meaning of the tree’: The Tale of Mirra in Mary Shelley's Mathilda.” In Iconoclastic Departures: Mary Shelley after “Frankenstein,” edited by Syndy M. Conger, Frederick S. Frank, and Gregory O'Dea, pp. 98-113. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997.

A discussion of textual sources for Mathilda.

Bowen, Arlene. “‘Colui Da Cu’ lo Tolsi / Lo Bello Stilo’: Dante's Presence in Mary Shelley's Mathilda.Italian Culture 12 (1994): 59-84.

Traces the influence of Dante's La Divina Commedia on Shelley's Mathilda.

Nitchie, Elizabeth. An introduction to Mathilda, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, pp. vii-xv. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1959.

A brief overview of the novel, including a history of the manuscript, tracing it from conception to publication.

Todd, Janet....

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