Current Search: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851.--Frankenstein--Criticism and interpretation. (x)
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Frankenstein, Science Fiction, and the Poetry of Science.
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Creator
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Davis, Peter, Faraci, Mary, Florida Atlantic University
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While Frankenstein has recently received criticism weighted heavily in politics, gender, and feminist studies, what gets overlooked in these discussions is that Mary Shelley's novel remains a story about science--not about empirical science, necessarily, but about abstract science. As science fiction, Frankenstein incorporates fictional science to posit truths about the human experience. Shelley's metaphor for the novel, ''my hideous progeny," reminds readers to respect the uncertain elements...
Show moreWhile Frankenstein has recently received criticism weighted heavily in politics, gender, and feminist studies, what gets overlooked in these discussions is that Mary Shelley's novel remains a story about science--not about empirical science, necessarily, but about abstract science. As science fiction, Frankenstein incorporates fictional science to posit truths about the human experience. Shelley's metaphor for the novel, ''my hideous progeny," reminds readers to respect the uncertain elements in invention in the arts and sciences. The problem for Frankenstein that I address has to do with an uncertainty of the terms, "science'' and "science fiction ,'' which results in further uncertainty when discussing the novel's genre and meaning. This essay defines "science," "science fiction," and other important tenns relevant to a critical discussion of the novel. This essay further argues that readers should not overlook the poetry of science in Frankenstein.
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Date Issued
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2008
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000908
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851.--Frankenstein--Criticism and interpretation., Frankenstein (Fictitious character)--Criticism and interpretation., Science fiction, English--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
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Romantic Science: Nature As Schism Between Romantic Generations and As Catalyst Between Romanticism and Science Fiction.
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Helo, Gabrielle, Golden, John, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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After 1815's eruption of Mount Tambora, the following period was named the "Year without a Summer" and experienced irregularly cold weather, failed crops, rampant disease, and riots. In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley met in the Alps and wrote "Darkness," "Mont Blanc," and Frankenstein respectively. This thesis focuses on these works' depictions of nature in light of how these features may have been impacted by the climate. It argues in...
Show moreAfter 1815's eruption of Mount Tambora, the following period was named the "Year without a Summer" and experienced irregularly cold weather, failed crops, rampant disease, and riots. In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley met in the Alps and wrote "Darkness," "Mont Blanc," and Frankenstein respectively. This thesis focuses on these works' depictions of nature in light of how these features may have been impacted by the climate. It argues in Chapter One that the volcanic eruption caused global climate changes that affected these writers. In Chapter Two, it illustrates differences in nature's representation between first generation and second generation Romantic works. The conclusion synthesizes the arguments made in Chapters One and Two, suggesting that 1816's climate affected these writers in such a way as to produce an environment from which science fiction could emerge in Frankenstein.
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2015
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004504, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004504
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Subject Headings
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Byron, George Gordon -- Baron -- 1788-1824 -- Darkness -- Criticism and interpretation, Romanticism -- 19th century, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft -- 1797-1851 -- Frankenstein -- Criticism and interpretation, Shelley, Percy Bysshe -- 1792-1822 -- Mont Blanc -- Criticism and interpretation, Tambora, Mount (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1815, Volcanoes -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 19th century
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Document (PDF)
