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[[ | '''Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley''' is the author of [[Frankenstein]], arguably the first work of "[[science fiction]]" ''per se'', as opposed to fantasy. She was also the daughter of [[Mary Wollstonecraft]], whose early feminist critique of lack of education for women in ''A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'' was a significant influence on her. | ||
==Bibliography== | |||
* ''[[Frankenstein|Frankentein; or, The Modern Prometheus]]'' (1818) | |||
* ''Valperga: The Life and Adventures of Castruccio'' | |||
* ''Prince of Lucca'' | |||
* ''The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck'' | |||
* ''Lodore'' | |||
* ''Falkner'' | |||
* ''[[The Last Man]]'' (1826) a science fiction novel that invented the post-apocalypse genre | |||
* "The Mortal Immortal" (short story, 1910) | |||
* ''Proserpine and Midas: Two Unpublished Mythological Dramas'' (1922) | |||
* ''Mathilda'' (posthumously published novel about incest) | |||
* Numerous other works | |||
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[[category:1797 births]] | |||
[[category:1851 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Writers]] | |||
Revision as of 12:02, 22 February 2007
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is the author of Frankenstein, arguably the first work of "science fiction" per se, as opposed to fantasy. She was also the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, whose early feminist critique of lack of education for women in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was a significant influence on her.
Bibliography
- Frankentein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818)
- Valperga: The Life and Adventures of Castruccio
- Prince of Lucca
- The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
- Lodore
- Falkner
- The Last Man (1826) a science fiction novel that invented the post-apocalypse genre
- "The Mortal Immortal" (short story, 1910)
- Proserpine and Midas: Two Unpublished Mythological Dramas (1922)
- Mathilda (posthumously published novel about incest)
- Numerous other works