Davies, J (2011) The Shelleys and the Art of Suffering. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 34 (2). 267 - 280.
Abstract
Mary Shelley's posthumous editions of Percy Shelley's poetry and prose have been regarded as striking examples of collaborative literary achievement, but in her editorial annotations Mary represents her husband's work as the result of his innately solitary genius. She does so in particular by associating his creative power with his constitutional ill-health. Via a reading of Percy's Julian and Maddalo, I argue that this connection between creativity and bodily debility does not imply that his poetry annuls the social context of its writing; instead, Mary seeks to ameliorate the conflict between philanthropy and sociability that she detects in Percy's work.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2011, Wiley-Blackwell. This is the accepted version of the following article: Davies, J (2011) The Shelleys and the Art of Suffering. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 34 (2). 267 - 280, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2011.00380.x |
Keywords: | Percy Bysshe Shelley; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Julian and Maddalo; collaboration; editing; illness |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2014 17:24 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 21:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2011.00380.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1754-0208.2011.00380.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78286 |