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Mary Shelley
A Very Short Introduction
Taschenbuch von Charlotte Gordon
Sprache: Englisch

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Famous for her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was also infamous in her own time for breaking social and literary conventions, and taking a political and philosophical stance advocating for the rights of women. Charlotte Gordon explores the context and key themes in the life and work of this courageous, complicated, and accomplished woman.
Famous for her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was also infamous in her own time for breaking social and literary conventions, and taking a political and philosophical stance advocating for the rights of women. Charlotte Gordon explores the context and key themes in the life and work of this courageous, complicated, and accomplished woman.
Über den Autor
Charlotte Gordon is the Distinguished Professor of English at Endicott College. An award-winning author, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, among other publications. Her latest book, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley (2015) won the National Book Critics Circle award. She is also the author of Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Story of America's First Poet (2005), and The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths (2009). Most recently, she has written the Introduction to Penguin's re-issue of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: Legacies

  • 2: Gothic rebellion

  • 3: Frankenstein

  • 4: Early female narrators in A History of a Six Weeks Tour Through a Part of France, Switzerland, and Holland and Mathilda (1817-1821)

  • 5: Valperga, The Last Man, and Perkin Warbeck

  • 6: The final work, 1835-1844

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780198869191
ISBN-10: 0198869193
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gordon, Charlotte
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 172 x 112 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Charlotte Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,125 kg
Artikel-ID: 120412414
Über den Autor
Charlotte Gordon is the Distinguished Professor of English at Endicott College. An award-winning author, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, among other publications. Her latest book, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley (2015) won the National Book Critics Circle award. She is also the author of Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Story of America's First Poet (2005), and The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths (2009). Most recently, she has written the Introduction to Penguin's re-issue of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: Legacies

  • 2: Gothic rebellion

  • 3: Frankenstein

  • 4: Early female narrators in A History of a Six Weeks Tour Through a Part of France, Switzerland, and Holland and Mathilda (1817-1821)

  • 5: Valperga, The Last Man, and Perkin Warbeck

  • 6: The final work, 1835-1844

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780198869191
ISBN-10: 0198869193
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gordon, Charlotte
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 172 x 112 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Charlotte Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,125 kg
Artikel-ID: 120412414
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