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Shelley's CENCI: Scorpions Ringed with Fire

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Shelley's CENCI: Scorpions Ringed with Fire
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stuart Curran
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:326
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780691620824
ClassificationsDewey:822.7
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

Shelley's tragedy, The Cenci, has been regarded as an avant-garde attack on orthodox Christian principles, a celebrated cause for Victorian intellectuals, a vehicle for innovative minds of the theater, a historical oddity, a neglected masterpiece. Derived from the dark legends of one of Rome's great families, the Cenci records a history of sadism,