Mary Shelley, Godwin's Chaucer, and the Middle Ages

Author / Editor
Ganim, John.

Title
Mary Shelley, Godwin's Chaucer, and the Middle Ages

Published
Donka Minkova and Theresa Tinkle, eds. Chaucer and the Challenges of Medievalism: Studies in Honor of H. A. Kelly (Frankfurt and New York: Lang, 2003), pp. 175-89.

Description
Ganim argues that Mary Shelley was influenced by her father, William Godwin, who wrote "Life of Chaucer" and from whom she learned a dual attitude toward the Middle Ages: people are shaped by historical circumstances, and they must seek to rise above these circumstances through reason and individual discovery.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and the Challenges of Medievalism: Studies in Honor of H. A. Kelly .

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Life.