Lake Lucerne

The Shelleys spent their evenings/days on the lake and enjoying sailing. While Lake Lucerne can be circumnavigated by land, its placement within a deep valley makes that difficult as much of its shoreline is steep.

Mary Shelley wrote, "A furious vent d'Italie (south wind) tore up the lake, making immense waves, and carrying the water in a whirlwind high in the air, when it fell like heavy rain into the lake. The waves broke with a tremendous noise on the rocky shores."

Age of Romanticism - Collaborative Map - Fall 2021

Submitted by Amy Gates on

ENT 272 LogoThis map is part of the ENG 272 collaborative "Age of Romanticism" Map, one element of the Image, Event, Place Project. Add one map element that is related or relevant in some way to the work we have been reading in the first several weeks of class. Provide sufficient detail to explain the historical or cultural detail and, perhaps, how it relates to one or more literary works we have read.

Age of Romanticism - Collaborative Timeline - Fall 2021

Submitted by Amy Gates on

ENT 272 LogoThis timeline is part of the ENG 272 collaborative "Age of Romanticism" Timeline, one element of the Image, Event, Place Project. Add one timeline element that is related or relevant in some way to the work we have been reading in the first several weeks of class. Provide sufficient detail to explain the historical or cultural detail and, perhaps, how it relates to one or more literary works we have read.

Nogent

Nogent is just one of multiple villages that is described as destroyed or damaged in some form. In "History of a Six Weeks' Tour" they attribute the damage to the Cossacs, perhaps in retribution for the distruction of some Moscow villages. It seems to have happened in such a recurring manner that the French don't bother to fix things up, for fear it will make another target. I wonder how the desolation might have inspired some of the language and destitution in Frankenstein.

 

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