Frankenstein | Author Biography
Mary Shelley dedicated her first novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, to her father, William Godwin. Godwin, a respected writer himself, was the author of two well-known books, Political Justice (1793) and Caleb Williams (1794). Godwin’s work contained controversial philosophical ideas and critiques of society. His belief in the inherent decency of human beings influenced a number of the Romantic poets of the time. In 1797, he married Mary Wollstonecraft, a distinguished writer whose A Vindication of the Rights of Women was published in 1792. They...
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