Книга: Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft «Frankenstein»

Frankenstein

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`Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness`. The scientist Victor Frankenstein, obsessed with possessing the secrets of life, creates a new being from the bodies of the dead. But his creature is a twisted, gruesome parody of a man who, rejected for his monstrous appearance, sets out to destroy his maker. Mary Shelley`s chilling Gothic tale, conceived after a nightmare in 1816 when she was only eighteen, became a modern myth. It is a disturbing and dramatic exploration of birth and death, creation and destruction, and one of the most iconic horror stories of all time.

Издательство: "Penguin Books Ltd." (2012)

Формат: 125x195, 288 стр.

ISBN: 978-0-141-19896-5

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

orig. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

born Aug. 30, 1797, London, Eng.
died Feb. 1, 1851, London

English Romantic novelist.

The only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she met and eloped with Percy B. Shelley in 1814. They married in 1816 after his first wife committed suicide. Mary Shelley's best-known work is Frankenstein (1818), a narrative of the dreadful consequences of a scientist's artificially creating a human being. After her husband's death in 1822, she devoted herself to publicizing his writings and educating their son. Of her several other novels, the best, The Last Man (1826), is an account of the future destruction of the human race by a plague.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, detail of an oil painting by Richard Rothwell, first exhibited 1840; ...

Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London

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▪ British author
née  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 
born Aug. 30, 1797, London, Eng.
died Feb. 1, 1851, London
 English Romantic novelist best known as the author of Frankenstein.

      The only daughter of William Godwin (Godwin, William) and Mary Wollstonecraft (Wollstonecraft, Mary), she met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (Shelley, Percy Bysshe) in 1812 and eloped with him to France in July 1814. The couple were married in 1816, after Shelley's first wife had committed suicide. After her husband's death in 1822, she returned to England and devoted herself to publicizing Shelley's writings and to educating their only surviving child, Percy Florence Shelley. She published her late husband's Posthumous Poems (1824); she also edited his Poetical Works (1839), with long and invaluable notes, and his prose works. Her Journal is a rich source of Shelley biography, and her letters are an indispensable adjunct.

      Mary Shelley's best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831), a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel; it is also often considered an early example of science fiction. It narrates the dreadful consequences that arise after a scientist has artificially created a human being. (The man-made monster in this novel inspired a similar creature in numerous American horror films.) She wrote several other novels, including Valperga (1823), The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830), Lodore (1835), and Falkner (1837); The Last Man (1826), an account of the future destruction of the human race by a plague, is often ranked as her best work. Her travel book History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) recounts the continental tour she and Shelley took in 1814 following their elopement and then recounts their summer near Geneva in 1816.

      Late 20th-century publications of her casual writings include The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844 (1987), edited by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, and Selected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1995), edited by Betty T. Bennett.

Additional Reading
Muriel Spark, Mary Shelley (1987); Anne K. Mellor, Mary Shelley (1988); Emily W. Sunstein, Mary Shelley (1989).

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Источник: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

См. также в других словарях:

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  • Frankenstein Jr. — Frankenstein Jr. Título Frankenstein Jr. Género Dibujos animados acción aventuras fantasía Voces de Dick Beals Ted Cassidy John Stephenson Narrado por Don Messick País de origen …   Wikipedia Español

  • FRANKENSTEIN — FRANKENSTEI C’est le propre des mythes d’être sans cesse réinterprétés. Celui de Frankenstein, qui trouve son origine dans le récit de Mary Shelley (Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus , 1818), s’y prête tout particulièrement en ce qu’il joue… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Frankenstein 90 — est un film français réalisé par Alain Jessua, sorti en 1984. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Autour du film …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Frankenstein — in Mary Shelley s Gothic tale, is the name of the creator of a monster and is not the monster itself, which has no name. In allusive use since the late 19c, however, the word has been used as if it referred to the monster and not its creator: ☒… …   Modern English usage

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