Mathilda (novella) Summary
Mary Shelley

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Mathilda

42,572 words, approx. 142 pages

INTRODUCTION Of all the novels and stories which Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley left in manuscript,[i] only one novelette, Mathilda, is complete. It exists in both rough draft and final copy. ... Read more

Mary Shelley Biography (7)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

6,717 words, approx. 23 pages

Biography EssayBy the time she was nineteen, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley had written one of the most famous novels ever published. Embodying one of the central myths of Western culture, Frankenstein;... Read more

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

4,579 words, approx. 16 pages

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) is best known for her novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which has transcended the Gothic and horror genres and is now recognized as a work o... Read more

Mary Shelley

4,761 words, approx. 16 pages

Long after the event, Mary Shelley would recall the crucible out of which her most famous fictional progeny was fused. "In the summer of 1816, we visited Switzerland, and became the neighbors of Lord ... Read more

Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

5,738 words, approx. 20 pages

The most eloquent summary of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's position in English letters is still Leigh Hunt's much-quoted couplet from "The Blue-Stocking Revels": "And Shelley, fourfam'd,--for her pare... Read more

Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

6,059 words, approx. 21 pages

By the time she was nineteen, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley had written one of the most famous novels ever published. Embodying one of the central myths of Western culture, Frankenstein; or, The Moder... Read more

Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

4,490 words, approx. 15 pages

When Mary Shelley returned to England from the Continent in August 1823 and began writing short fiction in earnest, she was already a well-known figure on the English literary scene. She was the aut... Read more

Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

1,918 words, approx. 7 pages

When they hear the name "Shelley," most students and scholars of literature usually think of the great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Students and scholars of those particular types of literature... Read more

Essays & Analysis (7)

Critical Essay by Terence Harpold

9,155 words, approx. 31 pages

In the following essay, Harpold draws parallels between the events in Mary Shelley's life and the action of Mathilda, noting that the book mirrors major events in the author's life. In a... Read more

Critical Essay by Tilottama Rajan

12,816 words, approx. 43 pages

In the following essay, Rajan describes Mathilda as a narrative of trauma that lends itself more easily to a psychoanalytic interpretation rather than a formalist reading. Although Mary Shelley was be... Read more

Critical Essay by William D. Brewer

7,035 words, approx. 24 pages

In the following essay, Brewer proposes that Shelley's use of oral and written language as a therapeutic tool is a dominant theme in many of her works, including Mathilda. The therapeutic value... Read more

Critical Essay by Kerry McKeever

8,180 words, approx. 28 pages

In the following essay, McKeever contends that Mathilda, in addition to being an intensely personal response to tragedy in Shelley's life, also presents a condemnation of fathers who fail to fu... Read more

Critical Essay by Margaret Davenport Garrett

6,226 words, approx. 21 pages

In the following essay, Garrett traces the development of Mathilda's text, proposing that Shelley uses this work to critique women's education and experience. I Mary Shelley's sec... Read more

Critical Essay by Rosaria Champagne

13,368 words, approx. 45 pages

In the following essay, Champagne discusses Mathilda as an example of incest narratives that were consistently suppressed because of their de-centered vision of paternity. Society expressly forbids th... Read more

Critical Essay by Audra Dibert Himes

6,259 words, approx. 21 pages

In the following essay, Himes offers a comparison of the sources Shelley used to compose Mathilda. “Such is my name, and such my tale, &#... Read more

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