Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novels subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully realized science fiction novel.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novels subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully realized science fiction novel.
Frankenstein é considerada uma das maiores e mais fascinantes histórias de terror de todos os tempos.A obra de Mary Shelley quebrou paradigmas e lançou vários aspectos importantes para a literatura de ficço.O livro narra a historia do ousado doutor Victor Frankenstein, cientista que se lança no experimento de retomar a vida de um ser inanimado.Isso resulta na concepço de uma criatura sobre-humana e monstruosa que passa a lhe perseguir, tornando-se um arquetipo de seu proprio criador.Este aspecto do enredo e responsavel pela força da obra.Entre varios aspectos geniais, tambem se destaca a abordagem das dualidadeshumano/inumano e natural/artificial.Segundo Mary Shelley, apos muita observaço das conversas entre Lord Byron e Percy Shelley (um grande poeta, alem de ser marido da autora) sobre doutrinas filosoficas e ciencias, como o darwinismo, a autora sentiu-se estimulada a escrever uma obra que trouxesse elementos fantasticos e sombrios associados a ciencia.O resultado foi uma produço de tirar o folego do mais avido leitor.
Frankenstein oder Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus (Original: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus) ist ein Roman von Mary Shelley, der 1818 erstmals anonym veroffentlicht wurde. Er erzahlt die Geschichte des jungen Schweizers Viktor Frankenstein, der an der damals beruhmten Universitat Ingolstadt einen kunstlichen Menschen erschafft.Die Handlung wird durch eine Mischung aus Briefroman und klassischer Ich-Erzahlsituation vermittelt. Viktor Frankenstein erzahlt dem Leiter einer Forschungsexpedition, zugleich Eigner des Schiffes, das ihn in der Arktis rettet, seine Geschichte. Der Roman wird so zu einem Lehrstuck, gibt Frankenstein doch deutlich zu verstehen, dass seine Erzahlung auch eine Warnung an den Zuhorer und damit auch die Leser sein soll: Er warnt vor einer entgrenzten menschlichen Vernunft, die sich selbst zu Gott macht und sich anmat, lebendige Materie zu schaffen. Die Figur des Viktor Frankenstein ahnelt damit sowohl dem literarischen Faust als auch dem Prometheus aus der griechischen Mythologie. (aus wikipedia.de)
Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences.
.Una preciosa versión del clásico escrito por Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, ilustrado por Bernie Wrightson y con la introducción de Stephen King. Un trío de ases para una edición espectacular, con un formato acorde con la importancia de la obra.
