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Communicating with Prisoners

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III. Communicative Structure D. Formal Constraints 3. Action Character

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Robinson Crusoe (1719), Pamela (1740), and Julie (1761)

Robinson Crusoe, Pamela, and Julie, published in 1719, 1740, and 1761 respectively, were highly popular, pioneering novels.

Prometheus Without Character in Ancient Greek Literature

Prometheus wasn’t a heroic character in ancient Greek literature. He became one in competition for attention in early-nineteenth-century England.

William Godwin on Character in Tragedy and Fiction

In an essay on tragedy and fiction probably from c. 1792, William Godwin declared the “real essence of every story of human affairs is character.”

Rather Ten Innocent Should Suffer, Than One Guilty Escape

Describing the injustice of Justine’s trail in Frankenstein, Shelley recast a passage from William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England

Understanding the Modern Prometheus in Frankenstein

Shelley interpreted Prometheus more broadly and more creatively than did reviewers of Frankenstein in 1818.

Tasso Influenced Shelley’s Julian and Maddalo

The setting of Shelley’s Julian and Maddalo and the actions of the maniac allude to Tasso’s imprisonment in a madhouse.

Frankenstein‘s Prodigiously Mixed Style Represents Failure of Sympathy

The horribly mixed style of Frankenstein is Shelley’s deliberate poetic choice for representing class divisions and failures of sympathy in society.

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Communicating with Prisoners