{"product_id":"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\u003eThis 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\u003eEssayists 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028035191024,"sku":"9780889203648","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889203648_p0.jpg?v=1763853831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889203648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}