{"product_id":"mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley-writing-lives-9780889203648","title":"Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: Writing Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e Pioneers in life writing, Mary Wollstonecraft, author of \u003ci\u003eA Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1792), and Mary Shelley, author of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003e(1818 ), are now widely regarded as two of the leading writers of the Romantic period. They are both responsible for opening up new possibilities for women in genres traditionally dominated by men. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This volume brings together essays on Wollstonecraft's and Shelley's life writing by some of the most prominent scholars in Canada, Australia, and the United States. It also includes a full-length play by award-winning Canadian playwright Rose Scollard. Together, the essays and the play explore the connections between mother and daughter, between writing and life, and between criticism and creation. They offer a new understanding of two important writers, of a literary period, and of emergent modes of life writing. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Essayists include Judith Barbour, Betty T. Bennett, Anne K. Mellor, Charles E. Robinson, Eleanor Ty, and Lisa Vargo. Among the works discussed are Wollstonecraft's \u003ci\u003eVindication\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Norway\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaria\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eor, The Wrongs of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e; William Godwin's \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Wollstonecraft\u003c\/i\u003e; and Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLadore\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRambles in Germany and Italy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuss, Helen M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHelen M. Buss\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at the University of Calgary. Her book on Canadian women's life writing, \u003ci\u003eMapping Our Selves\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Gabrielle Roy Prize. As Margaret Clarke, she has published novels, short stories and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacDonald, D. L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. L. Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e teaches English at the University of Calgary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePoor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of \"The Vampyre\" \u003c\/i\u003e(1991) and of\u003ci\u003e Monk Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcWhir, Anne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne McWhir\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at the University of Calgary and has written extensively on William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley and P. B. Shelley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330263683346,"sku":"9780889203648","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a8133af-ea75-40e5-a130-41ffb0e9eb3b.jpg?v=1727797013","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley-writing-lives-9780889203648","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}