Lo! An Amazon!: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

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by Mary M. Talbot

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A graphic novel from the award-winning creative duo Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot about Mary Wollstonecraft, foundational feminist philosopher and author “It is time to effect a revolution in female manners―time to restore to them their dignity.” In the Age of Revolutions, with many movements springing up to demand greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft spoke out for the other “one-half of the human race”: that of womankind. Over 20 years before her daughter, Mary Shelly, created the science-fiction genre with Frankenstein , Wollstonecraft’s 1792 manifesto, Vindication of the Rights of Woman , took the world by storm. Forthright and fearless, she mingled with other radical thinkers of her time and traveled widely. In the same year she published her magnum opus, she even ventured alone to Paris during the Reign of Terror. This graphic biography of the then-controversial and now-legendary Wollstonecraft comes from the creative partnership of Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot, the award-winning duo behind Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, Sally Heathcote: Suffragette , and Armed with Madness . Mary M. Talbot is an academic turned graphic novelist. Her first graphic novel, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes (with Bryan Talbot), won the 2012 Costa Biography Award. Her most recent, Rain (2019, with Bryan Talbot), is a rallying cry to protect the planet. Her previous graphic novels are Sally Heathcote, Suffragette (2014, with Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot) and The Red Virgin (2016, with Bryan Talbot). Her most recent academic book is Language and Gender (3rd ed, 2019). She is currently visiting professor of graphic narrative at Lancaster University. Multiple award-winning artist Bryan Talbot has been working in comics for over 40 years. He’s produced underground, fantasy, and superhero stories such as Batman and Sandman, and graphic novels including The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, Alice in Sunderland , the Grandville series, as well as illustrating the books written by Mary. They are both founding patrons of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Bryan was awarded a doctorate in arts and another in letters and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2024, he was inducted into the prestigious Will Eisner Comic Industry Hall of Fame.

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