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* her father, <nowiki>'''William Godwin'''</nowiki>, was a famous political philosopher and novelist | * her father, <nowiki>'''William Godwin'''</nowiki>, was a famous political philosopher and novelist | ||
** Godwin was considered a political radical for his attacks on political institutions, "aristocratic priviliege", and religion | ** Godwin was considered a political radical for his attacks on political institutions, "aristocratic priviliege", and religion | ||
** he was an early promoter of "utilitarianism," | ** he was an early promoter of "utilitarianism," a philosophy that sought to create the "greatest good" or "happiness" for the "greatest number of people" | ||
** Godwin wrote a novel that drew from John Milton's "Paradise Lost" | |||
*** Mary Shelley also drew inspiration from <nowiki>''Paradise Lost''</nowiki> | |||
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Frankenstein, a novel by Mary Shelley, 1818
- also called The Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley[edit | edit source]
- her mother was the famed writer and women's rights thinker, '''Mary Wollenstonecraft'''
- Wollenstonecraft is considered the "first feminist"
- her father, '''William Godwin''', was a famous political philosopher and novelist
- Godwin was considered a political radical for his attacks on political institutions, "aristocratic priviliege", and religion
- he was an early promoter of "utilitarianism," a philosophy that sought to create the "greatest good" or "happiness" for the "greatest number of people"
- Godwin wrote a novel that drew from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
- Mary Shelley also drew inspiration from ''Paradise Lost''