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Shelley's CENCI: Scorpions Ringed with Fire
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Shelley's CENCI: Scorpions Ringed with Fire
Contributors:
By (Author) Stuart Curran
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Dewey:
822.7
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
326
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
454g
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,
