Proserpine And Midas

The two mythological verse dramas, published in1820, from Mary Shelley, a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein. The “Proserpine”, addressed to children, is based on Ovid's tale of the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto, which itself was based on the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone. While “Midas” combines the stories of the musical contest between Apollo and Pan and that of King Midas and his abil