Mary Shelley (Bloom's Classic Critical Views)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, a story she wrote at the age of 19, is still a popular tale to this day. The novel is studied here in terms of its Romantic elements. Other works examined include Mathilda and The Last Man.

This title, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.