Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prophecies

ISBN-13: 9780367137328 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 126 str.

Robert D. Romanyshyn

Opis

Romanyshyn asks eight questions that uncover how Mary Shelley’s classic work Frankenstein haunts our world. Providing a uniquely interdisciplinary assessment, Romanyshyn combines Jungian theory, literary criticism and mythology to explore answers to the query at the heart of this book: who is the monster?

Spis treści

Introduction;   Question One: Resurrecting the Dead: Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of the Dangers of Acting as Gods?;  Question Two: The Melting Polar Ice: Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of the Dying of Nature?;  Question Three: The Monster’s Body: Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of the Monster’s Descendants?;  Question Four: Out of Africa to the Moon: Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of Creating a New Species of Humankind?;  Question Five: From Astronauts to Angels in Clouds: Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of the Last Generations of Humankind?;  Question Six: WWW: Adrift in the Digital World: Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of Being Homeless in a Wired, Webbed World?;  Question Seven: Who is the Monster? Is Mary Shelley’s Story a Prophecy of a Radical Ethics?;  Question Eight: Other Seeds of Hope in Mary Shelley’s Story: Is Mary Shelley's Story a Prophecy of New Beginnings?;  References;  Index