Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley

Name: Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9781400068425

by Charlotte Gordon

National Book · 2015 · Winner

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Random HouseFebruary 10, 2015Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9781400068425

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography	2015	Winner

About This Book

Charlotte Gordon's dual biography of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley alternates between their lives to reveal how both women's radical ideas about freedom, love, and authorship were shaped by the same patriarchal forces they defied. Winner of the NBCC Award for Biography.

About the Author

Charlotte GordonAmerican

Charlotte Gordon (born 1962) is an American author and distinguished professor of humanities at Endicott College, best known for her award-winning biographies including Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley (2015), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet (Massachusetts Book Award), and The Woman Who Named God.