England's First Family of Writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary ShelleyJHU Press, 2007 - 328 pages 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 best be 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. Construing 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 status as England's first family of writers. She explores how, over time, their reception has evinced ongoing public resistance to those who critique family values. |
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... . 8. Influence ( Literary , artistic , etc. ) I. Title . PR5398.C37 2007 2006034763 823'.7 - dc22 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library . For Ron Paris Laurie Carlson and the Fun Club :
... Literary Work of Mourning 6 A Juvenile Library ; or , Works of a New Species 212 162 Epilogue . On Percy's Case 257 Primary Works and Abbreviations 279 Notes 283 Index 319 This book was begun under the financial support of an CONTENTS.
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Contents
REVISING FAMILY | 15 |
Making Public Love | 23 |
Forms of Attachment | 66 |
Family Relations | 92 |
LIFE WORKS | 129 |
The Literary Work of Mourning | 162 |
A Juvenile Library or Works of a New Species | 212 |
Epilogue On Percys Case | 257 |
Primary Works and Abbreviations | 279 |