The Last Man - A Norton Critical Edition

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1826 Henry Colburn edition of the novel, the only one approved by Mary Shelley. Introduction and explanatory footnotes by Chris Washington. A rich selection of contextual documents-twenty-six in all-pertaining to The Last Man-s background and sources, reception and impact, other related works by Shelley, and other -Last Man- texts. Fourteen carefully chosen critical assessments on the novel-s major themes. A chronology of Mary Shelley-s life and work and a selected bibliography