Frankenstein: or The Modern PrometheusShelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literture—the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of human cruelty, the desire for revenge and the need for forgiveness, and much more. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... darkness to promote me? The implications of Mary Shelley's 'ghost-story' go much further than she or any of her circle ... dark hope... 1 Prometheus was also an accepted metaphor of the artist, but when Mary Shelley transfers this to the ...
... darkness to promote me? The implications of Mary Shelley's 'ghost-story' go much further than she or any of her circle ... dark hope... 1 Prometheus was also an accepted metaphor of the artist, but when Mary Shelley transfers this to the ...
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... OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould Me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?— Paradise Lost [X. 743–5] TO WILLIAM GODWIN Author of Political Justice, Caleb Williams, &c.
... OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould Me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?— Paradise Lost [X. 743–5] TO WILLIAM GODWIN Author of Political Justice, Caleb Williams, &c.
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... dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself. In all matters of discovery and invention, even of those that appertain to the imagination, we are continually reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg ...
... dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself. In all matters of discovery and invention, even of those that appertain to the imagination, we are continually reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg ...
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... dark parquet, the closed shutters, with the moonlight struggling through, and the sense I had that the glassy lake and white high Alps were beyond. I could not so easily get rid of my hideous phantom; still it haunted me. I must try to ...
... dark parquet, the closed shutters, with the moonlight struggling through, and the sense I had that the glassy lake and white high Alps were beyond. I could not so easily get rid of my hideous phantom; still it haunted me. I must try to ...
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affection appeared arrived beauty became become believe called cause child Clerval companion continued conversation cottage countenance creature dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured entered existence expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt fire followed Frankenstein Geneva gentle give hands happiness heard heart heavens hope horror human idea imagination Italy journey Justine kind lake leave letter light lived looked lost manner Mary means mind miserable monster months morning mountains murderer nature nearly never night opened passed peace perceived pleasure poor possessed present Prometheus promise pursue quitted reflect remained resolved rest scene seemed sensations Shelley sometimes soon soul sound spirit story strange suffered tale tears thing thought turned visited voice wind wish wonder wood wretched