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   Was Percy Shelley the author of Frankenstein?

   • Early in the summer of 1817, Mary Shelley finished Frankenstein, which was published anonymously in January 1818. Reviewers and readers assumed that Percy Shelley was the author, since the book was published with his preface and dedicated to his political hero William Godwin.

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   Is Frankenstein a Godwinian novel?

   • The Godwinian novel, made popular during the 1790s with works such as Godwin's Caleb Williams (1794), "employed a Rousseauvian confessional form to explore the contradictory relations between the self and society", and Frankenstein exhibits many of the same themes and literary devices as Godwin's novel.

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   How did Mary Shelley die in Frankenstein?

   • She died two years later from puerperal fever, about ten days after giving birth to Mary Shelley. Her resuscitation and her despair at being saved echo through Frankenstein, where tragedy is set in motion by a rash attempt to make life out of death.

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   Who wrote the Frankenstein notebooks?

   • "Charles E. Robinson, Ed. The Frankenstein Notebooks: A Facsimile Edition of Mary Shelley's Novel, 1816–17 (Parts One and Two)". (Book Review). Romantic Circles website, 1 January 1998. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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   3 days ago · Mary Shelley. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( UK: / ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft /; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who is best known for writing the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. [2] .

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   3 days ago · Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells' science fiction novels are so well ...

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   May 5, 2024 · Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft - Frankenstein: Texts and Contexts - Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Parent: William Godwin (1756-1836) William Godwin. An overview of his life, writings, and reputation. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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   May 6, 2024 · In the 1780s, Italian scientist Luigi Galvani began investigating the effects of electricity on animal tissues. He found that by passing an electrical current from a lighting storm or an electrical machine through the nerves of a dead frog, the frog’s legs could be made to kick and twitch. In 1791 he published an essay announcing his ...

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   May 13, 2024 · Boris Karloff (born November 23, 1887, London, England—died February 2, 1969, Midhurst, West Sussex) was an English actor who became internationally famous for his sympathetic and chilling portrayal of the monster in the classic horror film Frankenstein (1931). Karloff, the youngest of nine children born to Edward and Eliza Pratt ...

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   May 5, 2024 · Frankenstein: Texts and Resources. Background Literature ; Suggested Reading on the Romantic Age ; Mary Shelley and her Circle Toggle Dropdown. Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft ; Husband: Percy Bysshe Shelley ; Friend: Lord Byron ; 1816: The Year without a Summer Toggle Dropdown. The Literary Response to the Year without a Summer