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title	:	Valperga, Or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca Broadview Literary Texts
author	:	Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.; Rajan, Tilottama.
publisher	:	Broadview Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1551111446
print isbn13	:	9781551111445
ebook isbn13	:	9780585224473
language	:	English
subject	Castracani, Castruccio,--1281-1328--Fiction, Guelfs and Ghibellines--History--Fiction, Italy--History--1268-1492--Fiction, Lucca (Italy)--History--Fiction, Condottieri--Fiction, Historical fiction.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	PR5397.V3 1998eb
ddc	:	823/.7
subject	:	Castracani, Castruccio,--1281-1328--Fiction, Guelfs and Ghibellines--History--Fiction, Italy--History--1268-1492--Fiction, Lucca (Italy)--History--Fiction, Condottieri--Fiction, Historical fiction.

Page 3 Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca Mary Shelley Edited by Tilottama Rajan broadview literary texts

Page 4 1998 Tilottama Rajan All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisher or in the case of photocopying, a licence from CANCOPY (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) 6 Adelaide Street East, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, M5C IH6 is an infringement of the copyright law. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797?1851 Valperga, or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (Broadview literary texts) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-55111-144-6 1. Castracani, Castruccio, 12811328 Fiction. I. Rajan, Tilottama, 1951-. II. Title. III. Series. PR5397.V3 1998 823'.7 C98-930896-0 Broadview Press Ltd., is an independent, international publishing house, incorporated in 1985. North America: P.O. Box 1243, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7H5 3576 California Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127 TEL: (705) 743-8990; FAX: (705) 743-8353; E-MAIL: 75322.44@compuserve.com United Kingdom: Turpin Distribution Services Ltd., Blackhorse Rd., Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 IHN TEL: (1462) 672555; FAX (1462) 480947; E-MAIL: turpin@rsc.org Australia: St. Clair Press, P.O. Box 287, Rozelle, NSW 2039 TEL: (02) 818-1942;FAX: (02) 418-1923 www.broadviewpress.com Broadview Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council, and the Ministry of Canadian Heritage. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities. Broadview Press is grateful to Professor Eugene Benson for advice on editorial matters for the Broadview Literary Texts series. Text design and composition by George Kirkpatrick PRINTED IN CANADA

Page 5 Contents Introduction 7 Life and Background 7 Valperga, Mathilda, and Percy Shelley 14 Godwin, Leibniz, and "Possible Worlds" 18 "Wollstonecraft," Euthanasia, and Beatrice 22 Valperga and Italian History 26 Castruccio 32 Mary Shelley: A Chronology 43 Chronology of Historical Events Relevant to Valperga 47 A Note on the Text and Acknowledgements 50 Valperga 55 Notes 443 Appendix A: From Godwin's "Of History and Romance" 469 Appendix B: From Machiavelli's Life of Castruccio 475 Appendix C: Extract from Draft Manuscript 479 Appendix D: From Sismondi's History of the Italian Republics of the Middle Ages, II: 11012 (translation Rajan) 482 Appendix E: Reviews of Valperga 484 1. From The Ladies' Monthly Museum 17 (April, 1823)

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