Frankenstein
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A Ginevra, nella fredda e piovosa estate del 1816, Mary Shelley scrive, a soli diciannove anni e in attesa del secondo figlio, la terrificante storia di un mostro, il più famoso “uomo artificiale” della letteratura. Il protagonista di Frankenstein non è l’automa stolido e brutale reso popolare da tante trasposizioni cinematografiche, che semina il terrore per appagare un’insaziabile sete di sangue. La creatura nata dall’audace progetto di un moderno Prometeo è un fratello gotico di Edipo: uccide per vendicarsi dell’indifferenza del suo artefice che, accecato da una folle e smisurata ambizione scientifica, lo ha prima assemblato con membra umane, poi gli ha dato la vita e infine l’ha rinnegato e maledetto per il suo aspetto ripugnante, simbolo del fallimento del proprio ingegno di inventore. Ispirato al mito antichissimo dell’uomo che si fa dio e accende la scintilla della vita, il racconto sostituisce al prodigio la chimica e il galvanismo, e intreccia al plot riflessioni sui temi al centro del dibattito speculativo dell’epoca: l’ambiguità della scienza, la paura della diversità, l’originaria bontà della natura umana, la necessità della bellezza, il mistero delle origini della vita.
- ISBN: 8811810981
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 256
- Data di uscita: 15-01-2015
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3rd Review - August 2022 I read Frankenstein for a sixth time this week. Although it is one of my favourite novels, and in my opinion one of the finest pieces of fiction ever written, I find myself with a new appreciation of the text every time I come to it. A large proportion of one of my PhD cha
So. I finished it. Warning: If you are a fan of classic literature and/or are utterly devoid of a sense of humor this review may not be for you. Also: Yes, I realize that I'm a moron with zero literary credibility. So, stop reading right now if the sound of an idiot whistling out of their asshole bothers Leggi tutto
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”-From the 1994 movie The worst thing about this novel is how distorted it has become by constant movie adaptations and misinformed i Leggi tutto
Don’t get why everyone spends so much time talking about “the theme of science versus nature” and how this is “the world’s first science fiction novel” when clearly this is the world’s pre-eminent text on the subject of the dire consequences of procrastination. But whatever. This book rules. First off, Leggi tutto
Victor Frankenstein Chill The Fuck Out Challenge
Some monsters are not born, they are created by the cruelty around them. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist and alchemist obsessed with creating life. Neglecting his betrothed, friends and even himself, he devotes all energy and efforts to the construction of his Creation, an unspeakable thing for
Mary Wollstonecraft, a teenager, was spending a vacation in Switzerland with her fiancé, Percy Shelley , their mutual friend, Lord Byron , and a few other people. Was the weather gloomy that summer of 1816? Were the companions bored to death? One evening, they challenged each other into writing the sc Leggi tutto
2nd read: scientists just don't re-animate corpses like they used to it's disappointing 1st read: All this time I thought I didn't like classics; turns out I just hadn't read the right ones. I can't help but feel empathy for Frankenstein's creature, and abhor humankind for its prejudice and malice that Leggi tutto
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