Ebook: Frankenstein and Philosophy : the Shocking Truth
- Tags: Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft -- 1797-1851 -- Characters -- Frankenstein. Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft -- 1797-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation. Frankenstein Victor (Fictitious character) English literature -- Philosophy. Frankenstein -- Fiction. Mystery -- Fiction. Philosophy -- Fiction. FICTION -- General. Shelley Mary Wollstonecra
- Series: Popular culture and philosophy
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Open Court
- City: New York
- Language: English
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Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus sparked into life a fascination with science-gone-awry that refuses to die. From 1818 to present-day Hollywood, the story of Victor Frankenstein and his reanimated, stitched-together corpse has inspired (some would say) the very idea of modern science fiction and countless essays, movies, novels, songs, comic-books, and TV shows aiming to capture what was Read more...
Abstract: Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus sparked into life a fascination with science-gone-awry that refuses to die. From 1818 to present-day Hollywood, the story of Victor Frankenstein and his reanimated, stitched-together corpse has inspired (some would say) the very idea of modern science fiction and countless essays, movies, novels, songs, comic-books, and TV shows aiming to capture what was right, wrong, abominable, inevitable, scary, or funny in this classic tale. Can organic life be reanimated using electricity or genetic manipulation? If so, could F