Monstrous progeny: a history of the Frankenstein narratives
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radical...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radically different from the one that spawned its birth? Monstrous Progeny takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the Frankenstein family tree, tracing the literary and intellectual roots of Shelley’s novel from the sixteenth century and analyzing the evolution of the book’s figures and themes into modern productions that range from children’s cartoons to pornography. Along the way, media scholar Lester D. Friedman and historian Allison B. Kavey examine the adaptation and evolution of Victor Frankenstein and his monster across different genres and in different eras. In doing so, they demonstrate how Shelley’s tale and its characters continue to provide crucial reference points for current debates about bioethics, artificial intelligence, cyborg lifeforms, and the limits of scientific progress. Blending an extensive historical overview with a detailed analysis of key texts, the authors reveal how the Frankenstein legacy arose from a series of fluid intellectual contexts and continues to pulsate through an extraordinary body of media products. Both thought-provoking and entertaining, Monstrous Progeny offers a lively look at an undying and significant cultural phenomenon |
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| spelling | Friedman, Lester D. 1945- Verfasser (DE-588)172081416 aut Monstrous progeny a history of the Frankenstein narratives Lester D. Friedman, Allison B. Kavey New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2016] © 2016 1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radically different from the one that spawned its birth? Monstrous Progeny takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the Frankenstein family tree, tracing the literary and intellectual roots of Shelley’s novel from the sixteenth century and analyzing the evolution of the book’s figures and themes into modern productions that range from children’s cartoons to pornography. Along the way, media scholar Lester D. Friedman and historian Allison B. Kavey examine the adaptation and evolution of Victor Frankenstein and his monster across different genres and in different eras. In doing so, they demonstrate how Shelley’s tale and its characters continue to provide crucial reference points for current debates about bioethics, artificial intelligence, cyborg lifeforms, and the limits of scientific progress. Blending an extensive historical overview with a detailed analysis of key texts, the authors reveal how the Frankenstein legacy arose from a series of fluid intellectual contexts and continues to pulsate through an extraordinary body of media products. Both thought-provoking and entertaining, Monstrous Progeny offers a lively look at an undying and significant cultural phenomenon In English Shelley, Mary 1797-1851 Frankenstein (DE-588)4220200-0 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf beetlejuice book cyborg film frankenstein monster frankenstein horror monster movie monster movie rocky horror picture show rocky horror shelley victor frankenstein young frankenstein zombie PERFORMING ARTS / General bisacsh Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) Miscellanea Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) Miscellanea Monsters in mass media Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 gnd rswk-swf Shelley, Mary 1797-1851 Frankenstein (DE-588)4220200-0 u Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 s Geschichte z 1\p DE-604 Kavey, Allison 1977- (DE-588)137476566 aut https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813564258 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title_full | Monstrous progeny a history of the Frankenstein narratives Lester D. Friedman, Allison B. Kavey |
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| topic | Shelley, Mary 1797-1851 Frankenstein (DE-588)4220200-0 gnd beetlejuice book cyborg film frankenstein monster frankenstein horror monster movie monster movie rocky horror picture show rocky horror shelley victor frankenstein young frankenstein zombie PERFORMING ARTS / General bisacsh Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) Miscellanea Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) Miscellanea Monsters in mass media Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 gnd |
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