"All the World's a Stage"
Dramatic Sensibility in Mary Shelley's Novels

This book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of the theatrum mundi world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels.

This book examines the often tragic and nearly always disabling metaphor of thetheatrum mundi, world-as-stage, as it plays itself out in the characters of Mary Shelley's novels.

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Roots of Mary Shelley's Dramatic Sensibility
3. Frankenstein: Storytelling as Dramatic Performance
4. Mathilda: Life as Theatrical Production
5. The Last Man: Autobiography as Drama
6. Valperga: Theatrical Plots and Dramatic Intrigue
7. Perkin Warbeck: Problematic Roles and Identities
8. Lodore: Public Spectacle and Private Lives
9. Falkner: The Illusion of Romance
10. Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index