Life with Mary Shelley
In 1980, deconstructive and psychoanalytic literary theorist Barbara Johnson wrote an essay on Mary Shelley for a colloquium on the writings of Jacques Derrida. The essay marked the beginning of Johnson''s lifelong interest in Shelley as well as her first foray into the field of "women''s studies," one of whose commitments was the rediscovery and analysis of works by women writers previously excl...
In 1980, deconstructive and psychoanalytic literary theorist Barbara Johnson wrote an essay on Mary Shelley for a colloquium on the writings of Jacques Derrida. The essay marked the beginning of Johnson''s lifelong interest in Shelley as well as her first foray into the field of "women''s studies," one of whose commitments was the rediscovery and analysis of works by women writers previously excl...
