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The Lady and Her Monsters
A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
Taschenbuch von Roseanne Montillo
Sprache: Englisch

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Exploring the frightful milieu in which Frankenstein was written, Roseanne Montillo recounts how Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein mirrored actual scientists of the period. Montillo paints a rich portrait of Shelley and her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their contemporaries, as well as their friend Lord Byron. Intellectually curious, they were artists, poets, and philosophers, united in captivation with the occultists and the daring scientists risking their reputations and their immortal souls to advance our understanding of human anatomy and medicine.

Juxtaposing monstrous mechanization and rising industrialism with the sublime beauty and decadence of the legendary Romantics who defined the age, Montillo takes us into a world where poets become legends in salons and boudoirs; where fame-hungry "doctors" conduct shocking performances for rabid, wide-eyed audiences; and where maniacal body snatchers secretly toil in castle dungeons.

Exploring the frightful milieu in which Frankenstein was written, Roseanne Montillo recounts how Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein mirrored actual scientists of the period. Montillo paints a rich portrait of Shelley and her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their contemporaries, as well as their friend Lord Byron. Intellectually curious, they were artists, poets, and philosophers, united in captivation with the occultists and the daring scientists risking their reputations and their immortal souls to advance our understanding of human anatomy and medicine.

Juxtaposing monstrous mechanization and rising industrialism with the sublime beauty and decadence of the legendary Romantics who defined the age, Montillo takes us into a world where poets become legends in salons and boudoirs; where fame-hungry "doctors" conduct shocking performances for rabid, wide-eyed audiences; and where maniacal body snatchers secretly toil in castle dungeons.

Über den Autor

Roseanne Montillo holds an MFA from Emerson College in Massachusetts, where she teaches as a professor of literature. She is the author of The Lady and Her Monsters.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780062025838
ISBN-10: 006202583X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Montillo, Roseanne
Hersteller: William Morrow & Company
Maße: 203 x 133 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Roseanne Montillo
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,424 kg
Artikel-ID: 105905455
Über den Autor

Roseanne Montillo holds an MFA from Emerson College in Massachusetts, where she teaches as a professor of literature. She is the author of The Lady and Her Monsters.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780062025838
ISBN-10: 006202583X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Montillo, Roseanne
Hersteller: William Morrow & Company
Maße: 203 x 133 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Roseanne Montillo
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,424 kg
Artikel-ID: 105905455
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