Episode 203 - Mary Shelley the Woman Behind the Monster Part 2
The story continues...Jennie, Dianne and Professor Jared Richman continue their discussion about the life and legacy of Mary Shelley. From the heartache of losing three of her four children in infancy, to the tragic drowning death of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary was often forced to be resilient and rise above darkness and depression. Yet, amidst sorrow, Mary continued to impact the Ordinary Extraordinary world of literary arts forging a path that paved the way for future generations of women writers and cement her place as one of literature's most trailblazing figures.
Images: 1. The Lover's Seat: Shelley and Mary Godwin in Old St Pancras Churchyard by William Powell Frith, 1877
2. The Funeral of Shelley by Louis Edouard Fournier, 1889
3. Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell, 1830
4. Percy Shelley's grave in Rome, Italy: Photo by Alex 4/8/2023 posted to www.findagrave.com
5. William Shelley oldest son of Percy & Mary Shelley: Born 1/24/1816 - Died 6/2/1819
6. Grave of Mary Shelley and her parents, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, provided by Jared Richman and shared with permission. The family grave is located in St. Peter's churchyard in Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
Tickets for the 4th annual Beyond the Grave: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-grave-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-tickets-986081605627
Jared Richman
Professor
Jared Richman received his MA from the University of York (UK) and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His teaching and research center on the literature and culture of Britain's Long Eighteenth Century (1660-1832). He teaches courses on disability, satire, British Romanticism, radicalism, the Gothic tradition, Atlantic studies, and comics and graphic narrative. He has published on disability and poetic form, the works of William Blake, the fiction of Charlotte Smith and Mary Shelley, John Thelwall's elocutionary theories, and the poetry of Anna Seward. He is currently finishing a manuscript entitled "Transatlantic Realms": British Romanticism and the Idea of America, 1780-1832.
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