The Spirit of the Romantics
The birth of a new set of ideas: a mindset in a way of feeling.
A reaction to the modern world: secularization, consumerism, industrialism.
Rosseau praises the natural goodness of infancy.
He emphasizes the child as the natural rebel, the seed of creativity and genius.
"An abiding hatred for anything mechanic and industrial.
To be a romantic is to take the side of nature against industry.
At the moment when huge swathes of Britain covered in the often monstrous city, Wordsworth, quintessential romantic, bespeaks for natural life.
Dramatic outpourings of feeling in a dessicated and heartless world Quintessential romantic interest in the limits of reason To be romantic is to have a sympathy for madness
Baudelaire invented the figure of the so called “flaneur,” a stroller, loafer, a casual wanderer who observes busy life of the modern city unlike the slaves of capitalism rushing to their offices.
The Gothic in Frankenstein
- Modernity versus past:
Young Victor Frankenstein studies natural philosophy through the classics: Agrippa and Paracelsus .
- The "ghost" is an embodiment of the past in the present. An outcry of nostalgia that looms spectrally on the future.
- The uncanny family relationships: Elizabeth Lavenza, Justine Moritz
- The sublime in nature (awe-inspiring): shelter and menace. Many of the encounters and the wanderings of Victor Frankenstein and his creature occur in nature.
- Mangled innocence in the figure of children.
Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) Parents: Philosopher William Goldwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, the radical feminist writer. Her mother died almost immediately after and Mary was brought by her father and his second wife. Finding herself bereft of emotional attention, Mary spent much of her childhood reading, scribbling stories and day-dreaming. She later claimed that her favourite pastime was the formation of “castles in the air”.
Source: Introduction (Penguin 1994)
Life dogged by tragedy
“Mary Shelley’s life was dogged by tragedy and of the four children she bore only her son, Percy Florence, survived. In 1882 Shelley was drowned when his boat, Ariel, capsized in a summer storm. Mary returned to England in 1823, where she continued to live as a professional writer until her death in 1851.”
Remembered foremost for "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley is also the author of a number of other novels: “Mathilda” (posthumously published in 1959) suggestive of the darker aspects of the romantic imagery and “The Last Man” (1826) a futuristic novel examining the gradual destruction of mankind, among other writings.
The idea
“The idea for Frankenstein came to Mary Shelley in a half-waking nightmare in the summer of 1816. She had been staying with her husband and Lord Byron on the shore of Lake Geneva when at Byron’s suggestion they were challenged to make up a ghost story”
The Myth
The Modern Prometheus Myth of Prometheus Prometheus was depicted in Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, who made him not only the bringer of fire and civilization to mortals but also their preserver, giving them all the arts and sciences as well as the means of survival.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
"The pursuit of knowledge is at the heart of Frankenstein, as Victor attempts to surge beyond accepted human limits and access the secret of life. Likewise, Robert Walton attempts to surpass previous human explorations by endeavoring to reach the North Pole. This ruthless pursuit of knowledge, of the light (see “Light and Fire”), proves dangerous, as Victor’s act of creation eventually results in the destruction of everyone dear to him, and Walton finds himself perilously trapped between sheets of ice. Whereas Victor’s obsessive hatred of the monster drives him to his death, Walton ultimately pulls back from his treacherous mission, having learned from Victor’s example how destructive the thirst for knowledge can be."
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The Spirit of the Romantics
The birth of a new set of ideas: a mindset in a way of feeling.
A reaction to the modern world: secularization, consumerism, industrialism.
Rosseau praises the natural goodness of infancy. He emphasizes the child as the natural rebel, the seed of creativity and genius.
"An abiding hatred for anything mechanic and industrial. To be a romantic is to take the side of nature against industry.
At the moment when huge swathes of Britain covered in the often monstrous city, Wordsworth, quintessential romantic, bespeaks for natural life.
Dramatic outpourings of feeling in a dessicated and heartless world Quintessential romantic interest in the limits of reason To be romantic is to have a sympathy for madness
Baudelaire invented the figure of the so called “flaneur,” a stroller, loafer, a casual wanderer who observes busy life of the modern city unlike the slaves of capitalism rushing to their offices.
The Gothic in Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) Parents: Philosopher William Goldwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, the radical feminist writer. Her mother died almost immediately after and Mary was brought by her father and his second wife. Finding herself bereft of emotional attention, Mary spent much of her childhood reading, scribbling stories and day-dreaming. She later claimed that her favourite pastime was the formation of “castles in the air”.
Source: Introduction (Penguin 1994)
Life dogged by tragedy
“Mary Shelley’s life was dogged by tragedy and of the four children she bore only her son, Percy Florence, survived. In 1882 Shelley was drowned when his boat, Ariel, capsized in a summer storm. Mary returned to England in 1823, where she continued to live as a professional writer until her death in 1851.”
Remembered foremost for "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley is also the author of a number of other novels: “Mathilda” (posthumously published in 1959) suggestive of the darker aspects of the romantic imagery and “The Last Man” (1826) a futuristic novel examining the gradual destruction of mankind, among other writings.
The idea
“The idea for Frankenstein came to Mary Shelley in a half-waking nightmare in the summer of 1816. She had been staying with her husband and Lord Byron on the shore of Lake Geneva when at Byron’s suggestion they were challenged to make up a ghost story”
The Myth
The Modern Prometheus Myth of Prometheus Prometheus was depicted in Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, who made him not only the bringer of fire and civilization to mortals but also their preserver, giving them all the arts and sciences as well as the means of survival.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
"The pursuit of knowledge is at the heart of Frankenstein, as Victor attempts to surge beyond accepted human limits and access the secret of life. Likewise, Robert Walton attempts to surpass previous human explorations by endeavoring to reach the North Pole. This ruthless pursuit of knowledge, of the light (see “Light and Fire”), proves dangerous, as Victor’s act of creation eventually results in the destruction of everyone dear to him, and Walton finds himself perilously trapped between sheets of ice. Whereas Victor’s obsessive hatred of the monster drives him to his death, Walton ultimately pulls back from his treacherous mission, having learned from Victor’s example how destructive the thirst for knowledge can be."
Te
The Art of displacement
A vessel in unexplored territory
The Artic regions
An embedded narrative with many frame stories