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The last man : authoritative text, contexts, criticism / Mary Shelley ; edited by Chris Washington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851, author.
- Series:
- Norton critical edition
- A Norton critical edition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Last man.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851--Criticism and interpretation.
- Twenty-first century--Fiction.
- Twenty-first century.
- End of the world--Fiction.
- End of the world.
- Plague--Fiction.
- Plague.
- Science fiction, English--Women authors--19th century--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, English.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
- Science fiction, English--Women authors.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Fiction
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 571 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- "This Norton Critical Edition of The Last Man features Mary Shelley's original 1826 science-fiction text with editorial annotations. One of the first dystopian novels, The Last Man examines the end of Romantic ideals in British government and follows a mysterious plague which nearly wipes out the Earth's population. The "Contexts" section provides philosophies and insights from thinkers who would have influenced Mary Shelley such as Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, as well as her contemporaries, including her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley and close friend, Lord Byron. In the "Criticism" section, scholars provide modern analyses through the lenses of feminism, race, queerness, and even the AIDS epidemic. A selected bibliography and chronology are also included"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The text of The last man
- Contexts. Background and sources
- Reception and impact
- Other work by the Shelleys
- Other Last man texts
- Criticism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780393887822
- 0393887820
- OCLC:
- 1312736505
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