Lit Talk*

*Frankenstein | E3: A Tale of Two Marys


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Before there was Mary Shelley, there was her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft. She was an early founder of romanticism, a pioneering feminist writer, or as the press called her, "a hyena in petticoats". Her story is wild, wicked, and wonderful and had an enormous influence on the scary stories her daughter would one day write. You've heard of feminine rage, prepare to encounter the feminine strange, as we delve into how Frankenstein is a surprisingly feminist text.

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Lit Talk*By Bond and Grace