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Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 290

Le docteur Victor Frankenstein est passionné de physique et fasciné par les effets de la foudre. Il étudie les sciences naturelles à partir de textes anciens, puis poursuit dans une école de sciences contemporaines. Cette période de sa vie le propulse hors du rêve vers la réalité. Ses tuteurs universitaires lui font remarquer que ses connaissances de base sont faussées par l’absence du progrès scientifique. Il décide donc de les actualiser sans pour autant revoir son jugement sur ce qu’il estime être un vrai progrès scientifique : redonner la vie aux morts par la foudre. Il décide de créer sa propre créature à partir de membres morts venus de différentes sources.

Frankenstein o el prometeo moderno

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 484

Frankenstein o El moderno Prometeo

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 320

Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 342

Mary Shelley S Frankenstein, True To Early Nineteenth-Century Romanticism, Provides A Chilling Account Of The Con-Sequences Of Tampering With Nature And Of Transgressing Human Limits To Knowledge. Like Prometheus, The Greek Mythological Figure Who By Creating Man Consigned Both Himself And His Creation To Eternal Suffering, The Scientist Victor Frankenstein And The Unnamed Monster He Creates Are Doomed To Untold Misery And Lonely Deaths. A Brilliant Reflection Of Life In A Turbulent Period Of European History, Frankenstein Synthesizes Fundamental Philosophical, Ideological And Spiritual Concerns And Is A Subject Of Constant Critique And Review In The Light Of New Interests.

Frankenstein, Creation, and Monstrosity

Autor: Stephen Bann

Número de Páginas: 228

Deals with the place of the monster in Western

Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 294

.0000000000Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark Faustian parable of science misused that was an immediate success on its publication in 1818. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh and then, horrified at what he has done, abandons his creation. The creature, an outcast because of his appearance, learns language and becomes civilized, but when rejected by society seeks revenge on his creator. So begins a cycle of destruction in which Frankenstein and his 'monster' lose all vestiges of their humanity in monomaniacal hatred.With an Afterword by David Pinching.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Autor: Harold Bloom

Número de Páginas: 265

Each new volume is a biographical and critical review of one of the world's most important writers with expert analysis by Harold Bloom.

Frankenstein

Autor: Harold Bloom

Número de Páginas: 279

Presents a collection of writings exploring the characters from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."

Shelley's Frankenstein

Autor: Graham Allen

Número de Páginas: 149

Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel, Frankenstein, is one of the most widely studied novels in English Literature. Due to its key position in the canon and its wide cultural influence, the novel has been the subject of many interpretations, which require some guidance to navigate. This book offers an authoritative, up-to-date guide for students, introducing its context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife, leading them to a more sophisticated understanding of the text. Graham Allen places Frankenstein in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, and presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception. It also includes an introduction to its substantial history as an adapted text on stage and screen and its wider influence in film and popular culture. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading.

Frankenstein

Autor: Gonzalo M. Pavés Y Tomás Martín (coords.)

Número de Páginas: 242

Black Frankenstein

Autor: Elizabeth Young

Número de Páginas: 320

For all the scholarship devoted to Mary Shelley's English novel Frankenstein, there has been surprisingly little attention paid to its role in American culture, and virtually none to its racial resonances in the United States. In Black Frankenstein, Elizabeth Young identifies and interprets the figure of a black American Frankenstein monster as it appears with surprising frequency throughout nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. culture, in fiction, film, essays, oratory, painting, and other media, and in works by both whites and African Americans. Black Frankenstein stories, Young argues, effect four kinds of racial critique: they humanize the slave; they explain, if not justify, black violence; they condemn the slaveowner; and they expose the instability of white power. The black Frankenstein's monster has served as a powerful metaphor for reinforcing racial hierarchy—and as an even more powerful metaphor for shaping anti-racist critique. Illuminating the power of parody and reappropriation, Black Frankenstein tells the story of a metaphor that continues to matter to literature, culture, aesthetics, and politics.

The Endurance of Frankenstein

Autor: George Levine , U. C. Knoepflmacher

Número de Páginas: 368

MARY SHELLEY's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus grew out of a parlor game and a nightmare vision. The story of the book's origin is a famous one, first told in the introduction Mary Shelley wrote for the 1831 edition of the novel. The two Shelleys, Byron, Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, and John William Polidori (Byron's physician) spent a "wet, ungenial summer in the Swiss Alps." Byron suggested that "each write a ghost story." If one is to trust Mary Shelley's account (and James Rieger has shown the untrustworthiness of its chronology and particulars), only she and "poor Polidori" took the contest seriously. The two "illustrious poets," according to her, "annoyed by the platitude of prose, speedily relinquished their uncongenial task." Polidori, too, is made to seem careless, unable to handle his story of a "skull-headed lady." Though Mary Shelley is just as deprecating when she speaks of her own "tiresome unlucky ghost story," she also suggests that its sources went deeper. Her truant muse became active as soon as she fastened on the "idea" of "making only a transcript of the grim terrors of my waking dream": "'I have found it! What terrified me will terrify...

Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 338

"James Rieger's Frankenstein is relatively special among editions: it is the definitive scholarly text, and it is also the most readable copy for the classroom and the general reader. . . .The Rieger Frankenstein is very simply the best edition of this tremendously important and popular novel."--William Veeder, University of Chicago

Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 346

Frankenstein (CP 53)

Autor: Mary W. Shelley

Número de Páginas: 282

FRANKENSTEIN inaugura la genealogía de monstruos inquietantemente próximos, producto de sabios creadores o de un suceso trágico, mucho más terroríficos por su componente humano. Con toda su carga de referencias religiosas, científicas y literarias, esta obra es sin embargo totalmente original, avanza hacia la pesadilla, hacia los ojos del monstruo, y entra en él para descubrir una bestia que lee y razona, un infierno de soledad y horror de sí mismo, una tragedia cuyo desenlace no puede ser sino la destrucción de todos los implicados.

Frankenstein's Daughters

Autor: Jane L. Donawerth

Número de Páginas: 252

Women Science fiction authors—past and present—are united by the problems they face in attempting to write in this genre, an overwhelmingly male-dominated field. Science fiction has been defined by male-centered, scientific discourse that describes women as alien "others" rather than rational beings. This perspective has defined the boundaries of science fiction, resulting in women writers being excluded as equal participants in the genre. Frankenstein's Daughters explores the different strategies women have used to negotiate the minefields of their chosen career: they have created a unique utopian science formulated by and for women, with women characters taking center stage and actively confronting oppressors. This type of depiction is a radical departure from the condition where women are relegated to marginal roles within the narratives. Donawerth takes a comprehensive look at the field and explores the works of authors such as Mary Shelley, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Anne McCaffrey.

El doctor Frankenstein

Autor: Jorge Martínez Juárez

Número de Páginas: 130

El doctor Víctor Frankenstein vive tan obsesionado con sus experimentos para crear vida humana a partir de cadáveres e impulsos eléctricos que no se da cuenta de que sus siniestros descubrimientos serán el origen de todas sus desgracias.El relato está basado en la novela original de Mary Shelley, obra que plantea numerosas cuestiones filosóficas y morales. Además, es una historia muy adecuada para descubrir uno de los movimientos literarios más importantes del siglo xix: el romanticismo. A través de sus páginas, el joven lector descubrirá las principales características del universo romántico mientras disfruta de una narración trepidante que no podrá dejar de leer.

Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 299

La historia original de uno de los monstruos más famosos de la historia de la literatura. Traducción de Silvia Alemany Vilalta Introducción de Alberto Manguel En el verano de 1816, el poeta Percy B. Shelley y su esposa Mary se reunieron con Lord Byron y su médico en una villa a orillas del lago Leman. A instancias de Lord Byron y para animar una velada tormentosa, decidieron que cada uno inventaría una historia de fantasmas. La más callada y reservada, Mary Shelley, dio vida así a quien sería su personaje más famoso: el doctor Frankenstein. Al cabo de un año completaría la novela. La historia es de todos conocida: un científico decide crear una criatura con vida propia a la que luego rechaza. Metáfora sobre la vida, la libertad y el amor, Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo es una maravillosa fábula con todos los ingredientes de los grandes mitos, un gran clásico que ahora recuperamos con una nueva traducción y precedido de un espléndido estudio de Alberto Manguel sobre la influencia del mito en el imaginario del cine.

El monstruo de Frankenstein y el origen del mal

Autor: Patricia Benarroch

Número de Páginas: 241

¿Sería posible descubrir realmente el origen del mal? En 1997 un grupo de científicos crea un misterioso proyecto para conseguirlo. Varios años después, la visita de un inesperado Dr. Frankenstein perturba el descanso del reputado antropólogo Félix Martinelli. Esto solo será el principio de una aventura que llevará a un grupo de científicos a viajar por el mundo y por la historia para descubrir los secretos que se esconden detrás de la compañía BIOVITA y del singular proyecto que sus miembros tienen entre manos. Mientras enemigos invisibles y tramas de espionaje amenazan su existencia, BIOVITA no solo se conformará con poner a prueba la vida y las mentes de los protagonistas, los llevará a plantearse los límites de la biogenética, la historia de la humanidad desde que el mundo es mundo, la búsqueda de la perfección, las causas que determinan la maldad humana, las desconfianzas, los recelos o el eterno afán de poder. Si consiguen su objetivo la humanidad encontrará definitivamente la paz, pero ¿qué ocurrirá si fracasan?

Frankenstein de Mary Shelley (Guía de lectura)

Autor: Resumenexpress,

Número de Páginas: 18

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura el clásico Frankenstein de Mary Shelley, una obra mundialmente conocida que cuenta la historia del joven Frankenstein, creador de un ser al que luego, igual que el resto de la sociedad, rechazará. La novela se plantea la cuestión de los peligros que corre el hombre al querer resolver los misterios de la naturaleza. ¡Ya no tienes que leer y resumir todo el libro, nosotros lo hemos hecho por ti! Esta guía incluye: • Un resumen completo del libro • Un estudio de los personajes • Las claves de lectura • Pistas para la reflexión ¿Por qué elegir ResumenExpress.com? Para aprender de forma rápida. Porque nuestras publicaciones están escritas con un estilo claro y conciso que te ayudará a ganar tiempo y a entender las obras sin esfuerzo. Disponibles en formato impreso y digital, te acompañarán en tu aventura literaria. Toma una dosis de literatura acelerada con ResumenExpress.com

Frankenstein se lleva el pastel

Autor: Adam Rex

Número de Páginas: 49

La Vampiresa ya estaba embalsamada, pero ha despertado y está enamorada de Frankenstein. Se van a casar, será una boda perfecta; el banquete está dispuesto, y los invitados lo pasarán muy contentos, bueno, todos menos el Vampiro...Pero en lo que estos dulces novios se casan, sus camaradas no la pasan tan bien: Edgar Allan Poe no puede escribir ni un verso porque lo acosa un cuervo, King Kong se ha mudado a Nueva York, ya que en su isla no recibe un sólo ingreso, y los Zombis no han vendido ni una piña en día de muertos...

La mujer que escribió Frankenstein

Autor: Esther, Cross

Número de Páginas: 185

Esther Cross sigue los pasos de Mary Shelley con la ayuda de distintos, sorprendentes materiales. La acompaña al cementerio donde la escritora, de pequeña, se instalaba a leer; estudia sus cartas, su diario, la observa en sus duelos. Y profundiza en el mundo que se gestaba a su alrededor: la Londres moderna, la ciencia del futuro, mediante la experimentación con cadáveres. En palabras de Mariana Enriquez, La mujer que escribió Frankenstein es «un libro hermoso y extravagante, sumamente original. […] Un libro sobre Mary Shelley, sobre su época y su obra, sobre los personajes de la medicina clandestina y la Londres negra, sobre algunos escritores románticos y algunos cirujanos famosos —todos en un desfile compacto y absorbente, como un gabinete de curiosidades literario—, pero, sobre todo, es un libro sobre el cuerpo. En sus páginas, con un estilo sobrio y filoso, se corta carne como en una mesa de disección, carne viva y carne muerta.» Publicado por primera vez en Argentina en 2013, este libro fronterizo consigue esclarecer la relación de la escritora inglesa con su época al mostrar, de forma magistral, cómo una alumbra a la otra y viceversa.

Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 0

Frankenstein ou Le Prométhée moderne (Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus) est un roman gothique et considéré a posteriori comme le précurseur de la science-fiction, publié en 1818 par la jeune britannique Mary Shelley , maîtresse et future épouse du poète Shelley. Le roman est le récit d'une tentative d'exploration polaire par Robert Walton. La majeure partie de ce récit est constituée par l'histoire de la vie de Victor Frankenstein que Walton a recueilli sur la banquise. Ce récit tourne lui même autour de la narration à Frankenstein, par le monstre auquel il a donné vie, des tourments de celui-ci, qui justifient la haine qu'il lui porte.

Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 188

Frankenstein ou Le Prométhée moderne (Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus) est un roman gothique et considéré a posteriori comme le précurseur de la science-fiction, publié en 1818 par la jeune britannique Mary Shelley , maîtresse et future épouse du poète Shelley.Le roman est le récit d'une tentative d'exploration polaire par Robert Walton. La majeure partie de ce récit est constituée par l'histoire de la vie de Victor Frankenstein que Walton a recueilli sur la banquise. Ce récit tourne lui même autour de la narration à Frankenstein, par le monstre auquel il a donné vie, des tourments de celui-ci, qui justifient la haine qu'il lui porte.

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 212

Frankenstein is a deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation, which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818.

Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

Autor: Shelley

Número de Páginas: 132

Feminist Aspects in Frankenstein

Autor: Jana Brueske

Número de Páginas: 22

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: The Gothic Novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) is the most famous of her literary works for it has been reissued, redefined and criticised regularly since its first publication in 1818. Johanna Smith mirrors with her statement what many critics say about Frankenstein: They define Frankenstein not only as a Gothic Novel, but as a Feminist Novel as well. Some of the feminist literary critics say that “feminist interest in Frankenstein would throw light on the novel’s darkest passages” (Fischer et al 1993, 3), others claim it is an invocation on women’s rights in general. However, all of them agree on the fact that the novel underlines the repression of women in private and public and that it criticizes the patriarchal role and dominating position of men. In this term paper I am aiming at pointing out the arguments of feminist literary critics that define Frankenstein as a feminist novel. In order to support the thesis of Frankenstein being a feminist novel, I first want to give a...

Frankenstein Study Guide

Autor: Saddleback Educational Publishing

Número de Páginas: 50

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys. The guide is digital; simply print the activities you need for each lesson. Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Included are eight pages of end-of-book activities to enhance the reading experience.

Bringing up the Monster. The Absence of the Mother in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

Autor: A. V. A. Canetti

Número de Páginas: 19

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Cologne, course: Figures of Frankenstein | Mary Shelley's Novel and its Afterlife, language: English, abstract: Since its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley’s magnum opus "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus" has given rise to a wide range of readings and interpretations. A vast majority of these focus on the genre of the Gothic horror novel and the age of Romanticism, the evolution of modern science, or the correlation between creator and creation. Other renditions are preoccupied with more concise subject matters such as the underlying feminist structure, or the relevance of Milton’s "Paradise Lost", which is frequently alluded to in the original text by Shelley. This paper serves as partial fulfilment for the completion of the seminar "Figures of Frankenstein – Mary Shelley’s novel and its afterlife", and is designed to explore the failure of education in the upbringing of Frankenstein’s monster, determining to which extent these shortcomings in education relate to the lack of female nurture. The second chapter will establish the foundation...

Frankenstein and the Monster: Two Independent Characters Or Two Souls in One Body? The Attempt of a Psychoanalytical Interpretation

Autor: Tina Heesel

Número de Páginas: 56

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, RWTH Aachen University (Institut f r Anglistik), course: Gothic Novel, 14 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay deals with Mary Shelley s "Frankenstein". People who do not know the book but only its title often associate the name Frankenstein with the monster. Why do many people think that Frankenstein is the monster? The question to be discussed in this essay is if Victor and the monster are both single and independent characters or if the monster can be described as Victor Frankenstein s double. This essay is the attempt to interpret the book from a psychoanalytical point of view. The analysis refers to the major works of Sigmund Freud. At first I describe and explain some basic knowledge of Sigmund Freud, such as his model of personality or rather the mental apparatus with its three organisational units ID, EGO and SUPEREGO. After that I name some tools the EGO can use, called Ego Defence Mechanisms, but this is only done very generally. The human drives have to be mentioned and explained because they are very important for the...

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

Autor: Adam Rex , Steven Malk

Número de Páginas: 44

Being a monster isn't all frightening villagers and sucking blood. Monsters have their trials, too. Poor Frankenstein's cupboard is bare, Wolfman is in need of some household help, and it's best not to get started on Dracula’s hygiene issues. What could be scarier? Nineteen hilarious poems delve into the secret lives of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bigfoot, Godzilla, and others. In a range of styles that pay homage to everyone from Charles Schulz to John James Audubon, the monstrously talented Adam Rex uncovers horrific--and clever--truths you won't want to miss.

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 200

Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE (2012-) #2

Autor: Jeff Lemire

Número de Páginas: 24

It's all-out war as Frankenstein and his new field team, the Creature Commandos, uncover an age-old conspiracy at the heart of Bone Lake--one that will see them suit up as the world's first "Necronauts," traveling between worlds and through "dead space," toward the mysterious Monster Planet!

Flashpoint: Frankenstein & the Creatures of the Unknown (2011-) #1

Autor: Jeff Lemire

Número de Páginas: 26

In the midst of World War II, the Allied Forces deployed an army unlike any the world had ever seen before--except for in the movies, that is. Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown rock the world of FLASHPOINT in their own limited series!

Frankenstein Ou le Promethee Moderne

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 218

Frankenstein ou Le Prom�th�e moderne (Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus) est un roman gothique et consid�r� a posteriori comme le pr�curseur de la science-fiction, publi� en 1818 par la jeune britannique Mary Shelley , ma�tresse et future �pouse du po�te Shelley.Le roman est le r�cit d'une tentative d'exploration polaire par Robert Walton. La majeure partie de ce r�cit est constitu�e par l'histoire de la vie de Victor Frankenstein que Walton a recueilli sur la banquise. Ce r�cit tourne lui m�me autour de la narration � Frankenstein, par le monstre auquel il a donn� vie, des tourments de celui-ci, qui justifient la haine qu'il lui porte.

Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne

Autor: Mary Shelley , Maxime Le Dain , Armel Gaulme

Número de Páginas: 221

Considéré comme le tout premier roman de science-fiction jamais publié, Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne de Mary Shelley a traversé les siècles en laissant une empreinte indélébile. On ne compte plus ses résurgences dans la littérature mondiale et les adaptations théâtrales et cinématographiques que cette formidable oeuvre a engendrées. Cette édition est enrichie de somptueuses illustrations réalisées pour l'occasion par Armel Gaulme Elle est proposée dans une nouvelle traduction, réalisée à partir de la version originelle de Mary Shelley parue en 1818, et non la version retouchée de 1831, plus répandue. Son traducteur, Maxime Le Dain, est un expert en littérature fantastique, et a notamment oeuvré aux traductions et adaptations de Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Alice au pays des merveilles, Scary Stories, et au comics Locke & Key. Précisément 200 ans après sa première publication en France (1821), Bragelonne est immensément fier de rééditer ce chef d'oeuvre de la littérature.

Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 206

Frankenstein (título completo: Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo) es una obra literaria de la escritora inglesa Mary Shelley. Publicado en 1818 y enmarcado en la tradición de la novela gótica, el texto explora temas tales como la moral científica, la creación y destrucción de vida y la audacia de la humanidad en su relación con Dios. De ahí, el subtítulo de la obra: el protagonista intenta rivalizar en poder con Dios, como una suerte de Prometeo moderno que arrebata el fuego sagrado de la vida a la divinidad. Es considerado como el primer texto del género Ciencia Ficción.

Frankenstein

Autor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Número de Páginas: 288

Frankenstein’s Monster lives on—and so does legendary artist Bernie Wrightson’s legacy—in this landmark illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, featuring an introduction by Stephen King. Few works by comic book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983. A generation later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still considered to be one of the greatest achievements made by any artist in the field. This book includes the complete text of the original groundbreaking novel, and approximately fifty original full-page illustrations by Bernie Wrightson—created over a period of seven years—that continue to stun the world with their monumental beauty and uniqueness.

Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 208

"Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo", publicado en 1818, es una novela fundacional del género de ciencia ficción, donde Mary Shelley entrelaza elementos góticos con profundas exploraciones filosóficas sobre la condición humana. La historia gira en torno a Víctor Frankenstein, un joven científico que, impulsado por su ambición y la búsqueda del conocimiento, crea una criatura a partir de partes de cadáveres, desatando una serie de eventos trágicos y reflexiones sobre la ética de la creación. Shelley utiliza un estilo narrativo epistolar que intensifica la subjetividad de los personajes, creando una atmósfera de tensión y desesperación que refleja las inquietudes de la época, marcada por la Revolución Industrial y el auge del romanticismo. Mary Shelley, nacida en 1797 en una familia de intelectuales, fue influenciada por el pensamiento filosófico y científico de su tiempo, así como por su propia vida marcada por la tragedia. El contexto de su creación, una noche de tormenta en Suiza junto a figuras como Lord Byron, da fe de su inquebrantable interés por explorar los límites de la ciencia y la moralidad, lo que la llevó a cuestionar el papel del creador y las ...

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Autor: Mary Shelley

Número de Páginas: 212

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815 along the river Rhine in Germany, stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometres (11 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before, an alchemist engaged in experiments. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband Percy B. Shelley. In 1816, Mary, Percy and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein after imagining a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. Though Frankenstein is infused...