You are here
malignant intimacy: Doubles, atheists, and orphans in "Frankenstein Unbound"
| Title: | The malignant intimacy: Doubles, atheists, and orphans in "Frankenstein Unbound". |
 183 views 62 downloads |
|---|---|---|
| Name(s): |
Clarry, Stuart, III. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Collins, Robert A., Thesis advisor |
|
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1997 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 63 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Brian Aldiss's Frankenstein Unbound is both a tribute to and exegesis of Mary Shelley's novel. The central figure, Joseph Bodenland, the 'everyman' of modern technological society, emerges as a composite of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature; he is the pivotal character through whom Aldiss revises and reinterprets Shelley's themes. Bodenland's role as a double reveals how Aldiss has updated Shelley's biographically inspired atheism and psychological orphanhood. As an atheist, Bodenland symbolizes technology and modern society's increasing separation from faith and God. Bodenland's sense of orphanhood suggests humanity's separation from the natural world, and by extension, the loss of individual identity in a technological, scientific world. Bodenland's status as the last man on Earth symbolizes Aldiss's concern that modern society has not been responsible for its actions. | |
| Identifier: | 9780591437195 (isbn), 15414 (digitool), FADT15414 (IID), fau:12181 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997. |
|
| Subject(s): |
Aldiss, Brian W--(Brian Wilson),--1925---Criticism and interpretation Aldiss, Brian W--(Brian Wilson),--1925---Frankenstein unbound Horror tales, English--History and criticism Doubles in literature Atheism in literature Orphans in literature |
|
| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15414 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
