Excerpts from “Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus”, M. Shelley (1818)

Excerpts from “Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus”, M. Shelley (1818)
Ch. 13 and 24.

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY (1797-1851)

BIOGRAPHY   MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY (1797-1851) was born in London, daughter of two eminent figures of the English intellectual circle of that time, in fact her father was the philosopher … Continue reading MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY (1797-1851)

Excerpt from M. Shelley’s “Frankestein or the Modern Prometheus” (1818)

Of what strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind when it has once seized on it like lichen on the rock.

EARLY ROMANTIC AGE – OUTLINE

For studying convenience purposes we will divide the ROMANTIC AGE in three separate sections, the first combines those authors that are normally considered EARLY ROMANTIC AGE writers, followed by the FIRST GENERATION OF ROMANTIC POETS … Continue reading EARLY ROMANTIC AGE – OUTLINE