PPT-Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley

17971851 Author Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus 1818 Mathilda 1819 Valperga 1823 The Last Man 1826 Lodore 1835 Falkner 1837 William Godwin .  . 220 "Shelley's . overreacher. is different." (From what, and how?) .  . 221 "Death and birth were thus as hideously mixed in the life of Mary Shelley as in Frankenstein's 'workshop of filthy creation.'". Mary. . Shelley . And . Romanticism . Mary Shelley. Born Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797. Mother: Mary Wollstonecraft. Father: William Godwin. Published her 1. st. poem when she was 10 years old. Spent much of her teen years writing in Scotland. Frankenstein. “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” . ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” . Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. Wrote . Frankenstein . when she was only 18. Published anonymously. Both parents were famous writers.. Marriage to Percy Shelley, a famous poet . “Romantic beyond romance.”. A short introduction to the genre. Origins. Gothic novel reaction . against Augustan ideals (many . feature fights between fathers and sons). Some . elements found in earlier ballads (. the supernatural. . (1797-1851). A look at literary criticism and conversations about Shelley’s novel, . Frankenstein. By: Jessica Berke. Inspiration behind the novel. The idea for what is often called the first science fiction novel was born on the shores of Lake Geneva, in the "year without a summer. Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. Daughter of famous writer William Godwin (wrote about injustice in government) and famous feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary was born five months after her parents married.. Epigraph.  . Did . I request thee, Maker,. From thy clay. To mould me Man, did I. Solicit thee. From darkness to promote me?. Book 10: 743-745. Milton’s . Paradise Lost. Mary Shelley. 30 . Woman. Mary Wollstonecraft. About the Author. She was the antithesis of the idea of a proper lady at her time.. She not only supported the rights of women, but of children and of animals. .. She died young as she was giving birth to her daughter.. . Fall 2013. Frankenstein. by . MarY. Shelley. Mary Shelley was born Mary . Wollstoncraft. in 1797 to William Godwin and Mary. Wollstoncraft. both very prominent and liberal writers. Her mother had written . More about Mr Shelley. He was born on the 4. th. of August 1792 in England.. He is regarded by some as among the finest lyric, and epic poets in the English language.. Unfortunately, Shelley did not experience fame in his lifetime. His works grew more popularly after his death.. Mary Shelley’s Background information. Born in England on August 30. th. 1797. Her mother, also named Mary, died shortly after giving birth to her. Raised by her father. Both parents were established writers with radical beliefs for the time. Horror Stories . What scares us? Why? . Think about the scariest movie you’ve ever seen...what made it scary? . What is the scariest monster in film/books? . >What makes the monster scary? . Why do we seem to take pleasure in scaring ourselves? . England in 1819. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; . Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow . Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring; . Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, .