England's first family of writers : Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley

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England's first family of writers : Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley

Title remainder

Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley

Statement of responsibility

Julie A. Carlson

Creator

• Carlson, Julie Ann, 1955-

Subject

• Authors, English -- 19th century -- Family relationships
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
• England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Authors, English -- 18th century -- Family relationships
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Godwin, William, 1756-1836 -- Criticism and interpretation

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"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 only be fully 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 writers whose works are in intimate dialogue with each other. For them, literature made love and produced children, as well as mourned, memorialized, and reanimated the dead." "Analyzing the ways in which this family's works minimize the differences between books and persons, writing and living, Carlson offers a nonsentimental account of the extent to which books can live and inform life and death. Carlson also examines the unorthodox clan's highly visible status as England's first family of writers. She explores how, over time, their reception has evinced ongoing public resistance to those who challenge commonly held family values."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.7

Index

index present

LC call number

PR5398

LC item number

.C37 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography