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"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay /§To mould me man? Did I solicit thee /§From darkness to promote me?"§(John Milton, Paradise Lost)§Thus opened the first edition of Frankenstein in §1818. Through Milton's words, Mary Shelley §points to less celebrated themes of Frankenstein: §its highly compelling portrayal of man's struggle to §live in society and its close relationship with §classic works of literature. This book deals with §both themes. Through a study of the structure of §imagery in Mary Shelley's first novel, this work §looks at its relationship with Romantic and classic §literature, such as the works of poets Milton, §Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth and Coleridge and writers §Goethe and Rousseau. The study of the myths in the §novel illuminate Mary Shelley's treatment of the §issue of man's nature. Together with the already §world-famous Gothic horror and Romance, this book §investigates a world of poetry, philosophy, science §and revolution!

Book details

• Full title: "Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings"
• Subtitle: Romantic Imagery in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• Author: Jaqueline Bohn Donada
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152
• EAN: 9783639169812
• ID: 06825325
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Weight: 243 g
• Dimensions: 220 × 150 × 9 mm
• Published: 2009

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