Fiona Stafford

Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. • Provides a clear, lively introduction to Romantic Poetry, backed by academic research and marked by its accessibility to students with little prior experience of poetry • Introduces many of the major topics of the age, from politics to publishing, from slavery to sociability,...

The story of Mary Shelley's seminal horror story. At 19, young Mary Shelley, wife of the English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, was well versed in the scientific research of the time, impressing even scientists by her masterpiece. This documentary does Mary Shelley justice by exploring her novel and its eternal theme: man's quest for the secret of life.