England's First Family of Writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley

by Julie A. Carlson

Life and literature were inseparable in the daily lives of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley. In England's First Family of Writers, Julie A. Carlson demonstrates how and why the works of these individuals can best be understood within the context of the family unit in which they were created.

The first to consider their writing collectively, Carlson finds in the Wollstonecraft-Godwin-Shelley dynasty a family of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080188618X
• ISBN13: 9780801886188
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher