Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child: Political Philosophy in Frankenstein

by Eileen Hunt Botting

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From her youth, Mary Shelley immersed herself in the social contract tradition, particularly the educational and political theories of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the radical philosophies of her parents, the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the anarchist William Godwin. Against this background, Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818. In the two centuries since, her masterpiece...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812249623

ISBN13:9780812249620

Release Date:November 2017

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.63 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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