Romantic outlaws by charlotte gordon the boston globe. Currently, she is the distinguished professor of the humanities at endicott college. Romantic outlaws is the first book to tell the story of the passionate and. Most recently, she published the introduction to penguins reissue of the 1818 edition of mary shelleys frankenstein. Charlotte gordons impassioned dual biography of mary wollstonecraft.
The extraordinary lives of mary wollstonecraft and mary shelley random house, won the national book critics circle award for biography. The extraordinary lives of mary wollstonecraft and her daughter mary shelley. Gordon has written a book about two women, a mother and her daughter. Charlotte gordon s romantic outlaws is the latest addition to this subgenre. Mary wollstonecraft and mary shelley have each been the subject of numerous biographies, yet no one has ever examined their lives in one book until now. In romantic outlaws, charlotte gordon reunites the trailblazing author who wrote a vindication of the rights of woman and the romantic visionary who gave the world frankensteintwo. Her chief innovation is to take the biographies of wollstonecraft and. Gordon talks about the books she read to research her biography of mary wollenstonecraft and her daughter mary shelley. A new york times editors choice, the book was published by random house in.
Although mother and daughter, these two brilliant women never knew one another wollstonecraft died of an. Yet no author has ever examined their lives in one book until now. Author charlotte gordon, who will appear at the thomas crane public library on july 14th, talks about her book romantic outlaws. Come hear gordon discuss the truly romantic and sometimes. Romantic outlaws the woman who named god mistress bradstreet news speaking events book club contact characters. The lives of mary shelley and mary wollstonecraft won the national book critics award in 2016. The extraordinary lives of mary wollstonecraft and her daughter mary shelley audible audio edition.
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