Shelley's Cenci: Scorpions Ringed with Fire

by Stuart Curran

Book Overview

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"