Frankenstein: a cultural history
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CONTENTS
Introduction
з
PART ONE: BIRTH
1.
Conception is
2.
Birth and Lineage
40
3.
Reception and Revision
74
4.
The Monster Lives On
100
PART TWO: COMING
ОБ
AGE
5.
Making More Monsters
119
6.
A Monster for Modern Times
138
7.
The Brave New World of Monsters
163
PART THREE: OUR MONSTER
8.
The Horror and the Humor
193
9.
Monsters in the Living Room
227
10.
Taking the Monster Seriously
264
The Monster and His Myth Today 30J
Acknowledgments
327
Notes
331
Bibliography
361
Illustration Credits
Index
377
|
| adam_txt |
rankenstein
began as the nightmare of
ariižvv,
unwed teenage mother in
1816
in Geneva, Switzerland.;^?
When the moral universe was shifting and advances Vj,
jn scientiftc knowledge promised mankind dominion
'Îş
overthatwhichhadbeenGod'salone, Mary Shelley1
:,"
: ;
envisioned a story of human presumption and its
;ś
:;
і
",
misbegotten consequences. Now, two centuries
\\ϋ
later, that story is constantly retold and reinteiv'-yi.
preted, from Halloween cartoons to ominous
¡
№
;
allusions in the public debate, capturing and convey4
·':%
',
ing meaning central to our consciousness today
andv^'ŕ
;
our concerns for tomorrow. From Victorian theater,
■;
to Boris Karloff with neck bolts, to invocations
ať Jí
5
''ťfie
President's Council on Bioethics, the monster,;;;;
'
-'/-.and his myth have inspired everyone from philoso-
; ;
і
J-'phers to philatelists. This is a lively and eclectic ;
ŕ
t
¡vçultural
history, illuminated with dozens of pictures
;;·,.
\ \ and illustrations and told with skill and humor. Susan \
'-'χ
'I h'ífylérHitcncockuses
fílm,
literature, history, science,,1;
χ;ϊ
ι
íiSíiçíeven
punk music to help us understand
tbi¿.'=;;ií
X
Îtittëanîftp
of this monster made bv man.
CONTENTS
Introduction
з
PART ONE: BIRTH
1.
Conception is
2.
Birth and Lineage
40
3.
Reception and Revision
74
4.
The Monster Lives On
100
PART TWO: COMING
ОБ
AGE
5.
Making More Monsters
119
6.
A Monster for Modern Times
138
7.
The Brave New World of Monsters
163
PART THREE: OUR MONSTER
8.
The Horror and the Humor
193
9.
Monsters in the Living Room
227
10.
Taking the Monster Seriously
264
The Monster and His Myth Today 30J
Acknowledgments
327
Notes
331
Bibliography
361
Illustration Credits
Index
377 |
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