Description
Book SynopsisEffective, articulate, and readable, Romantic Narrative will appeal to scholars in both nineteenth-century studies and narrative theory.
Trade ReviewWith philosophical sophistication and extraordinary critical intelligence, Rajan also presents complex and original readings. Choice 2011
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
1. The Trauma of Lyric: Shelley's Missed Encounter with Poetry in Alastos
2. Shelley's Promethean Narratives: Gothic Anamorphoses in Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne, and Prometheus Unbound
3. Unbinding the Personal: Autonarration, Epistolarity, and Genotext in Mary Hays's Memoirs of Emma Courtney
4. The Scene of Judgment: Trial and Confession in Godwin's Caleb Williams and Other Fiction
5. Gambling, Alchemy, Speculation: Godwin's Critique of Pure Reason in St. Leon
6. Whose Text? Godwin's Editing of Mary Wollstonecraft's The Wrongs of Woman
Notes
Works Cited
Index
