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In Search of Mary Shelley review: A life of monsters and men
- ollybee 9y agoThis has been BBC radio 4's book of the week and as such has been serialised in 5 15 minute parts which will be available on iplayer to UK residents for the next month. I've certainly enjoyed it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ms55g http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ms55g
- JoeDaDude 9y agoI am reminded of another post in which it is speculated that the study of algae by Charles Darwin served as one source of inspiration for the Frankenstein story. [1] https://publicdomainreview.org/2016/09/07/visions-of-algae-in-eighteenth-century-botany/ https://publicdomainreview.org/2016/09/07/visions-of-algae-i...
- cypherg 9y agoThe best recent article on Shelley and Frankenstein: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/21/frankenstein-out-of-control/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/21/frankenstein-out-... Includes reviews of: Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds by Mary Shelley, edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert MIT Press, 277 pp., $19.95 (paper) The New Annotated Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, edited and with a foreword and notes by Leslie S. Klinger Liveright, 352 pp. $35.00