At 16, Mary Wollstonecraft shocked England when she ran away with her married lover, the tempestuous, brilliant poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. then, at 20, she secured her place in history by writing "Frankenstein", now acknowledged as one of the great literary classics of all time. This biography recounts the life and loves of this legendary woman, from her youth as the daughter of a philosopher and a pioneering feminist, through her passionate, turbulent marriage, and her career as a writer and editor.
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"This is a revised and welcome version of Spark's acclaimed first book, Child of Light ," wrote PW of this biography that covers the facts of Shelley's life and brings Spark's "astute critical intelligence to bear" on Shelley's works, principally Frankenstein and The Last Man. Illustrated.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In revising Child of Light (1951), her first biography of Mary Shelley, Spark has drawn on newly available material in Betty T. Bennett's ongoing edition of her Letters (( LJ 6/15/80, vol. 1) and in the forthcoming edition of her Journals (Oxford). While Spark's critical judgments have remained stable, she now explores the several serious attachments Mary Shelley formed after her husband's death and concludes that like the heroine of her novel Perkin Warbeck , Mary Shelley was "doomed to a divided existence" between reality and the illusions fostered by her life with Shelley. Frankenstein was the first and greatest of her novels to emerge out of this conflict that first conventionalized and ultimately stifled her fictional voice. Generally recommended. Barbara J. Dunlap, City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Quintessential Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley biography,
By A Muriel Spark Fan (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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Muriel Spark is a captivating author in her fiction and takes you into the fascinating world of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Living in a rich period of history, mingling with the likes of Percy Shelley (her husband) and Lord Byron, Mary Shelley's life is incredible. Combined with the elegant writing of Muriel Spark, this is a must for women scholars and period studies. Really very good.
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