Shelley's Cenci: Scorpions Ringed with Fire

by Stuart Curran

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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, incest, and murder. Shelley's one actable play has received little attention in modern times. Professor...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691061963

ISBN13:9780691061962

Release Date:December 1970

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:326 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"

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