Mary Shelley, Godwin's Chaucer, and the Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- Ganim, John.
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.