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- catalog abstract "It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague.--From publisher's description. Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy after her husband Percy's death. It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. The Last Man also functions as an intriguing roman-a-clef, for the saintly Adrian is a monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his friend Lord Raymond is a portrait of Byron. The novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, as Shelley demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem her doomed characters.".
- catalog contributor b10311998.
- catalog contributor b10311999.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy after her husband Percy's death. It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. The Last Man also functions as an intriguing roman-a-clef, for the saintly Adrian is a monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his friend Lord Raymond is a portrait of Byron. The novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, as Shelley demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem her doomed characters.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Note on the text -- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: a brief chronology -- The last man -- Map of Lionel Verney's world -- Appendix A: Some contemporaries of the Last Man -- Appendix B: The sibyl's cave -- Appendix C: Versions of plague -- Appendix D: "The web of the mind" -- Appendix E: Mary Shelley's poems -- Appendix F: Contemporary comments on and reviews of The Last Man -- Appendix G: Postscript -- Works cited/Recommended reading.".
- catalog description "It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague.--From publisher's description.".
- catalog extent "xliii, 425 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1551110768 :".
- catalog isPartOf "Broadview literary texts".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press,".
- catalog subject "823/.7 20".
- catalog subject "End of the world Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR5397 .L3 1996".
- catalog subject "Plague Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Twenty-first century Fiction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Note on the text -- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: a brief chronology -- The last man -- Map of Lionel Verney's world -- Appendix A: Some contemporaries of the Last Man -- Appendix B: The sibyl's cave -- Appendix C: Versions of plague -- Appendix D: "The web of the mind" -- Appendix E: Mary Shelley's poems -- Appendix F: Contemporary comments on and reviews of The Last Man -- Appendix G: Postscript -- Works cited/Recommended reading.".
- catalog title "The last man / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ; edited with an introduction by Anne McWhir.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".