Like all great movements, Romanticism was birthed out of rage and need: the need to assert upon the world a new way of looking at things, a way to fight the overbearing certainty of science, to understand the unholy uniformity of mechanization and the need to rescue the numinous, the emotional, above all things. The monumental achievement of Mary Shelley grows considerably in our eyes the more we know about the context in which the book was created. I can give back some personal observations-love, and a little bit of autobiography-in talking about a book, a character, and a writer who entirely transformed my life. Knowing this, the only thing I can offer is myself. This may very well be the best presentation of Mary Shelley’s book, or at least a touchstone to be consulted time and again. In the volume you have in your hands you will find in equal measure erudition and passion. I have, perhaps, little to add to the scholarly and thorough annotations to be found in this splendid volume Mr. A beautiful tale of loss and pain that, by being fantastic, allowed her to reveal her true self. These are some of the truths evidenced by the work of a teenager, writing a piece of fantastic fiction two hundred years ago. MellorĪppendix 1: Author’s Introduction Īppendix 2: A Chronology of the Events of FrankensteinĪppendix 3: On “Frankenstein.” By the late Percy Bysshe ShelleyĪppendix 4: Frankenstein on the Stage and the ScreenĪppendix 6: Frankenstein in Popular Culture Introduction: Mary Shelley, or the Modern Galatea by Guillermo del ToroĪfterword: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Genetic Engineering by Anne K. Behold: I live and will continue to live …
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