Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Daughter of Mary Wollstoncraft (who died in childbirth), writer of A Vindication on the Rights of Women; Born in London but spent much of her teen years writing stories in Scotland; Married to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley; Widowed at age 24 and supported herself with her writing; Published Frankenstein in 1818 at the age of 20

Romantic Movement (late 1700s to early 1830s) Spanned late 1700s to early 1830s Valued natural world; sought solitude in nature; nature imagery predominant feature of Romantic literature ; Fascination with youth and innocence; Sense of social idealism; Ability to accept and adapt to change rather than rigidly rejecting it; Disenfranchised person - sympathetic to those who were unable to live in society

Gothic Literature Offshoot of Romanticism; Predecessor of modern horror movies (in theme and style); Spin on Romantic idea valuing nature; Nature has ability to destroy as well as heal; indication of mood through the weather; American writers Poe and Hawthorne examples of Gothic writers as are English writers Shelley and Coleridge

As you read: Pay attention to Shelley’s allusions to such texts as Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Milton’s Paradise Lost (and the story of Adam & Eve), and the story of the Greek god Prometheus. ***Very important: Remember Nabokov’s advice about bringing too much to the text; read with open imagination.