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Shelley's CENCI: Scorpions Ringed with Fire
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Shelley's CENCI: Scorpions Ringed with Fire
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Stuart Curran
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:326 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691620824
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.7 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
8 March 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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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,
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