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Author:

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851, author.

Title:

The last man : authoritative text, contexts, criticism / Mary Shelley ; edited by Chris Washington.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & CompanyInc.,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xxiii, 571 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851.--Last man.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851--Criticism and interpretation.
Twenty-first century--Fiction.
End of the world--Fiction.
Plague--Fiction.
Science fiction, English--History and criticism.--19th century--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Washington, Chris (David Christopher), 1980- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The text of The last man -- Contexts. Background and sources -- Reception and impact -- Other work by the Shelleys -- Other Last man texts -- Criticism.

Summary:

"This Norton Critical Edition of The Last Man features Mary Shelley's original 1826 science-fiction text with editorial annotations. One of the first dystopian novels, The Last Man examines the end of Romantic ideals in British government and follows a mysterious plague which nearly wipes out the Earth's population. The "Contexts" section provides philosophies and insights from thinkers who would have influenced Mary Shelley such as Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, as well as her contemporaries, including her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley and close friend, Lord Byron. In the "Criticism" section, scholars provide modern analyses through the lenses of feminism, race, queerness, and even the AIDS epidemic. A selected bibliography and chronology are also included"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

A Norton critical edition

ISBN:

0393887820
9780393887822

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1312736505

LCCN:

2022010512

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)