Dialogues between science and literature: notes on Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary W. Shelley
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https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v43i1.55061Keywords:
romanticism; natural philosophy; expeditions; anatomy; electricity.Abstract
Two hundred years after the publication of the first edition of the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, several studies have revisited the text and explored different aspects, such as its scientific background. These approaches, however, scarcely contextualize the scientific debates that influenced Mary W. Shelley’s best-known work. Moreover, they don’t analyse the influence and consequences that the novel had as regards to the advancement of scientific knowledge. This article intends to provide some light into these issues.
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