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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley
Born from grief, exile, intellectual ferment and the ‘year
without a summer’, Frankenstein is a creation myth with its own creation
myth. Mary Shelley’s novel is a foundational work of science fiction, horror
and trauma narrative, and continues to spark reinvention and reinterpretation.
In their fourth conversation together, Adam Thirlwell and Marina Warner explore Shelley’s treatment of birth, death, monstrosity and the limits of science. They discuss Frankenstein’s philosophical and personal undercurrents, and how the creature and his creator have broken free from the book.
Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and to all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:
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In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsff
Read more in the LRB:
Claire Tomalin on Mary Shelley’s letters:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley1
Caroline Gonda on the original Frankenstein:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley2
Marilyn Butler on Frankenstein as myth:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley3
Anne Barton on Mary Shelley’s life:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley4
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Born from grief, exile, intellectual ferment and the ‘year
without a summer’, Frankenstein is a creation myth with its own creation
myth. Mary Shelley’s novel is a foundational work of science fiction, horror
and trauma narrative, and continues to spark reinvention and reinterpretation.
In their fourth conversation together, Adam Thirlwell and Marina Warner explore Shelley’s treatment of birth, death, monstrosity and the limits of science. They discuss Frankenstein’s philosophical and personal undercurrents, and how the creature and his creator have broken free from the book.
Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and to all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applecrff
In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsff
Read more in the LRB:
Claire Tomalin on Mary Shelley’s letters:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley1
Caroline Gonda on the original Frankenstein:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley2
Marilyn Butler on Frankenstein as myth:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley3
Anne Barton on Mary Shelley’s life:
https://lrb.me/ffshelley4
LRB Audiobooks
Discover audiobooks from the LRB: https://lrb.me/audiobooksff
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