![]() ![]() Gordon’s text alternates between the lives of the two extraordinary women, poignantly and powerfully drawing attention to the echoes of Wollstonecraft reverberating throughout Shelley’s life. But I did not fully grasp the significance of the fascinating mother-daughter dynamic shared between Mary Wollstonecraft and Shelley, until reading Charlotte Gordon’s biography, Romantic Outlaws. Wollstonecraft’s legacy came to live in the spirit of her daughter, and directed Mary Shelley throughout her life, reaching and guiding her from beyond the grave.Īs an English literature student, I have always loved the Romantic period and its chaotic multitude of revolutionary, radical writers. But with this new life came the tragic loss of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, who passed away just days after giving birth. ![]() ‘The memory of my mother has always been the pride and delight of my life’ġ797 saw the arrival of Mary Shelley (or Mary Wollstonecraft-Godwin, as she was born). ![]() MAYA WILSON AUTZEN contemplates the sanctity of the mother-daughter relationship, and how this resonates in the literary works of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. ![]()
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