Friday, January 14, 2011

Frankenstein lecture

Or maybe I should say: lecture of the day:

Is Victor Frankenstein's experiment really about letting men give birth? That's what Professor Mellon ponders...

And a lot more interesting thoughts about how the novel worried about and forecast the seeking of scientific perfection in a future Brave New World.

"Mothering Monsters: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" by Anne K. Mellor from ASU English on Vimeo.



factoid of the day: The original monster had long black hair and yellow skin...

of course, Shelley's novel is a bit different from the films, but you can download and listen to it HERE at Librivox....

and those who like modern horror stories might be interested that Dean Koontz has rewritten a modern version, (which I haven't read).

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