I love Frankenstein too, but to crow that it was written when “men dominated literature” is simply wrong and a disservice… Shelley’s era was the first time in British history when more women wrote novels than men. While MS was growing up, the most acclaimed living novelist was Maria Edgeworth.
Yes. (As well as sad ignorance of Grateful Dead lyrics)
Thank you for sharing that information. To be quite honest I was also under the impression the writers at the time were men. It goes to show that there is always more we can learn.
But she *did* write it to not have to hang around Lord Byron, which is a very understandable sentiment...
Sorry to subpost or whatever. I dislike feminist-inflected talk that erases the actual contributions of women — but it’s such a common issue that I don’t think it’s fair to direct my annoyance •at• someone…
Barbaric
100%. One of my favorite books; very different from the movie. Highly underrated female writer
That’s interesting.
'Lord Byron And The Inner-Circle' is a paper about Byron & his friends knowing the truth about how Christianity came to be, inserting hints & clues about that information within their literary works; including Mary Shelley and 'Frankenstein'. BookSky💙📚 #EduSky🍎www.academia.edu/48904951/Lor...
This paper gives information about Lord Byron (George Gordon) and his family ancestry, as well as his being an Inner-Circle member, with Inner-Circle friends. The purpose of this paper is to further a...
Interesting context—thanks !
to the point where a lot of men considered the novel a "woman's genre" that is to say frivolous and unserious