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.
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 …
Episode 202 - Mary Shelley the Woman Behind the Monster Part 1
This year's Beyond the Grave event honors Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, but who was the woman behind the iconic novel? Born to radical parents Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, Mary Shelley navigated a life of intellectual fervor, passionate relationships – including …