![]() ![]() The lives of both Marys were nothing less than extraordinary, providing fabulous material for Charlotte Gordon, a gifted story teller. Nevertheless their lives were closely intertwined, their choices, dreams and tragedies so eerily similar, it seems impossible to consider one without the other: both became famous writers both fell in love with brilliant but impossible authors both were single mothers and had children out of wedlock (a shocking and self-destructive act in their day) both broke out of the rigid conventions of their era and lived in exile and both played important roles in the Romantic era during which they lived. Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon, book review: Paying a high price for principles. Perhaps this is because these two amazing women never knew each other-Wollstonecraft died of infection at the age of 38, a week after giving birth to her daughter. subject of numerous biographies by top tier writers, yet no author has ever examined their lives in tandem. ![]() Gordon recently authored the introduction to the anniversary re-issue of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.' This. Wollstonecraft published the first full articulation of women's rights in 1792, risking her reputation and sometimes her life in pursuit of her radical goals, while her daughter Mary Shelley wrote the. Award-winning author Charlotte Gordon discussed her biography of Mary Shelley and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, entitled 'Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.' She then has a conversation with Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda. "Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) and her daughter Mary Shelley (1797-1851) have each been the. Charlotte Gordon's new work is a fresh look at the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, who together comprise one of the most illustrious and inspiring mother-daughter pairs in history. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |