Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist, best known for her novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus." She was born in London, the daughter of philosopher and political writer William Godwin and feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft.
2. About mary shelley
- Her full name was mary wollstonecraft shelley.
-she was an English novelist.
-she wrote the gothic novel " Frankenstein" or "The
modern prometheus( 1818)" which is considered an
early example of science fiction.
-Her husband was "Percy Bysshe Shelley" he was
romantic poet and philosopher.
- Her father was the political philosopher " William
Godwin "and her mother was the philosopher and
feminist activist "mary wollstonecraft".
-She had 4 children.
3. - In 1814, mary began a romance with one of her
father's political followe, who wa Percy Bysshe
Sheley, and he was already merried.
-Until the 1970s ,she was mainly known for effoets
to publish her husband's works and for her novel "
frankenstein".
-Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and
sympathy, she wanted to reform civil society, and her
view was a direct challenge to the individualistic
romantic ethos Enlightenment political theories
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ted by her father, " william Godwin".
4. Her life and career.
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- Mary shelley was born in somers town, london in
1797.
-She was the second child of her parents.
-A year after her death, her father Godwin
published his " memories of the Author of a
vindication of the rights of woman" in 1798, which
he intended as a tribute to her.
-Her father married "mary jane clairmont " she was
well educated woman with two young children "
charls and clairs".
5. -Her father described her at age
15 as "Singularly bold, somewhat
imperious, and active of mind.Her
desire of knowledge is great, and
her perseverance almost
invincible."
- with percy shelley's
encourangement, she expanded
this tale into her first novel,
"Frankenstein" , or the modern
prometheus published in 1818.
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6. -The story of the writing of Frankenstein has been
fictionalished several times and formed the basis
for many films.
-During the period 1827-40, mary shelley was
busy as an editor and writer, she wrote novels "
The fortunes of perkin warbeck(1830), "
Lodore(1835)" and " falkner(1837)".
- She contributed fove volumes of lives of italian,
spanish portuguese, and french authors to
"lardner's cabinate cyclopaedia". She also wrote
stories for ladies magazines.
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7. -In 1840 and 1842, mother and son travelled
togather on the continent, journeys that mary
shelley recorded in " Rambles in Germany and Italy
in 1840, 1842 and 1843.
-According to jane shelley, mari shelley had asked
to be buried with her instead at " st peter's church,
Bournemouth, near their new home at Boscomble."
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8. Mary shelley's literature themes and
style
-Her first published work is
often thought to have been "
mounseer nongtongpow."
This is comic verses written
when she was ten and half.
9. Her Novels
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- Her novels are often interpreted as marked
rewritings of her life.
- Some modern critics, such as patriciaclemit and
jane blumberg, have taken the view, resisting
autobiographical readings of mary shelley's works,
the view was that her father regarded his
daughter's characters as type rather than portraits
frome real life.
10. Politics
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-In 1823, she wrote articles for Leigh Hunt's
speriodical the liberal and played an active role in
the formulation of its outlook."
-In 1884, mary poovey influentially identified the
retreat of mary shelley's reformist politics into the
"separate sphere" of the domestic.
11. Short stories
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-In the 1820s and 1830s, she was frequently
wrote short stories for gift books or annuals ,
incuding sixteen for the keepsake.
-Mary shelley's work in this genre has been
described as that of a hack writer and wordy and
pedestrian.
12. Novelistic Genres
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- She mostely employed the techniques of many
different novelistic genres, most vividly the
Godwinian novel, Walten Scott's new historical
novel, and the gothic novel.
-She uses the hiatorical novel to comment on
gender relations, for example, "Valperga" is a
feminist version of scott's masculinist genre.
13. Mary shelley's works
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Mary shelley has written many works, includings...
- Vallperga(1823)
-The last man (1826)
-The fortunes of perkin warbeck (1830)
- Loldore(1835)
-Falkner, a novel
-Mathilda(1959)
