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Victor Frankenstein, the monster and the shadows of technology : the Frankenstein prophecies / Robert D. Romanyshyn.

Van Pelt Library PR5397.F73 R66 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Romanyshyn, Robert D. (Robert Donald), 1942- author.
Contributor:
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
Jung, C. G.
Literature and technology.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft).
Physical Description:
xii, 126 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Summary:
"In Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prohecies, Romanyshyn asks eight questions that uncover how Mary Shelley's classic work Frankenstein haunts our world. Providing a uniquely interdisciplinary assessment, Romanyshyn combines Jungian theory, literary criticism and mythology to explore answers to the query at the heart of this book: who is the monster?"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction
Resurrecting the dead : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the dangers of acting as gods?
The melting polar ice : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the dying of nature?
The monster's body : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the monster's descendants?
Out of Africa to the moon : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of creating a new species of humankind?
From astronauts to angels in clouds : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the last generations of humankind?
WWW : adrift in the digital world : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of being homeless in a wired, webbed world?
Who is the monster? is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of a radical ethics?
Other seeds of hope in Mary Shelley's story: is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of new beginnings?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Romanyshyn, Robert D. (Robert Donald), 1942- author. Victor Frankenstein, the monster and the shadows of technology
ISBN:
9780367137311
0367137313
9780367137328
0367137321
OCLC:
1081358601

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