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1 day ago · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: / ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r ɑː f t /; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. [2]
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Jul 31, 2024 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English Romantic novelist who is best known as the author of Frankenstein, a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel and is also often considered an early example of science fiction. Learn more about her life and works in this article.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is best known for writing Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831), a text that is part Gothic nove...
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831). She wrote several other novels, incl...
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s father was William Godwin, a noted social philosopher, political journalist, and religious Dissenter, and her mother...
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin) met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1812 and ran off with him to France in July 1814. The couple we...
2 days ago · Mary Shelley. Mary Wollstonecraft ( / ˈwʊlstənkræft /, also UK: /- krɑːft /; [ 1] 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [ 2][ 3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more ...
Aug 1, 2024 · Mary Wollstonecraft (born April 27, 1759, London, England—died September 10, 1797, London) was an English writer and passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women. She outlined her beliefs in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), considered a classic of feminism.
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- Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and a passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women. She called for the betterment of...
- Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), a trailblazing feminist work which argues that the educational system delibe...
- In 1796 Mary Wollstonecraft began a liaison with William Godwin, a social philosopher, and on March 29, 1797, they were married. The marriage was h...
- The daughter of a farmer, Mary Wollstonecraft taught school and worked as a governess, experiences that inspired her views in Thoughts on the Educa...
Aug 22, 2024 · This chapter introduces Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) as a woman, mother, scholar, writer, and wife/lover. The following entry describes how her tumultuous upbringing played a role in how she viewed society and how that influenced her later writings on rights for men and women. It then moves into her influences and motivations as an ...
Jul 31, 2024 · Mary Shelley consolidated the Gothic as a particularly female form of novel. She deviated from the tradition in so far as her central character is not a woman. Mary based her novel on the latest discoveries in the sciences of her day. She created the genre of science fiction.
Jul 24, 2024 · Mary Shelley is an English novelist whose work has reached all corners of the globe. Author of Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), Shelley was the daughter of the radical philosopher William Godwin, who described her as ‘singularly bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind’.
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