Literary Cousins: Frankenstein and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
The influence of Coleridge’s masterpiece on the young Mary Shelley
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8 min readApr 14, 2021
Born into a literary family who had many connections with contemporary writers, Mary Shelley had both heredity and environment working in her favor to secure her fame as an artist. Her father, William Godwin, entertained the most famous…
