PPT-Shelley

Byron Keats Rom ant ics Lord Byron SHE walks in beauty like the night    Of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that s best of dark and bright   Meet in her aspect and her eyes Thus . Shelley The Pursuit is the book with which Richard Holmesthe finest literary biographer of our daymade his name Dispensing with the longestablished Victorian picture of Shelley as a blandly ethereal character Holmes projects a startling image of a d Frankenstein. Modern World Literatures. Royal Institution . Lectures, . 1801. Quarterly . Review. , 18 (1818): 457-8, . on . Arctic exploration:. “[Such] expeditions may fail in the main object of the arduous enterprise; but they can scarcely fail in being the means of extending the sphere of human knowledge ... ‘Knowledge is power’; and we may safely commit to the stream of time the beneficial results of its irresistible influence.” . Mary. . Shelley . And . Romanticism . Mary Shelley. Born Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797. Mother: Mary Wollstonecraft. Father: William Godwin. Published her 1. st. poem when she was 10 years old. Spent much of her teen years writing in Scotland. Frankenstein. Alison Aitken, 2012. Mary Shelley. Born 1797. Died 1851. Wrote Frankenstein 1816. Published 1818. Image source: http://alextrenoweth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mary-shelley1.jpg. . Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. Wrote . Frankenstein . when she was only 18. Published anonymously. Both parents were famous writers.. Marriage to Percy Shelley, a famous poet . “Romantic beyond romance.”. Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. Wrote . Frankenstein . when she was only 18. Published anonymously. Both parents were famous writers.. Marriage to Percy Shelley, a famous poet . “Romantic beyond romance.”. A short introduction to the genre. Origins. Gothic novel reaction . against Augustan ideals (many . feature fights between fathers and sons). Some . elements found in earlier ballads (. the supernatural. Kaven. Brown. Lena Hines. Austin Jones. Allison . Sandefur. Shanea. Capps. Hubris. Hubris: denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often associated with a lack of humility, not always with the lack of knowledge. A character exhibiting hubris will often equate himself to a God or feel he is above “mere mortals .”. . (1797-1851). A look at literary criticism and conversations about Shelley’s novel, . Frankenstein. By: Jessica Berke. Inspiration behind the novel. The idea for what is often called the first science fiction novel was born on the shores of Lake Geneva, in the "year without a summer. Frankenstein. “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” . ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” . Who is Robert Walton? What is he searching for? What is his attitude toward his quest? What do these details suggest to you about his character?. In this letter to his sister, what does Walton say he longs for? Why do you think Walton feels lonely even though he is on board a ship with a full crew?. Frankenstein. . The Gothic Novel. Frankenstein. is by no means the first Gothic novel. Instead, this novel is a compilation of Romantic and Gothic elements combined into a singular work with an unforgettable story. . Mary Shelley’s Background information. Born in England on August 30. th. 1797. Her mother, also named Mary, died shortly after giving birth to her. Raised by her father. Both parents were established writers with radical beliefs for the time. Volume I . Chapters 5 – 7 . Volume 2. Chapter 1. Chapter 5 marks a return to a previous narrative style. What device does Shelley use to maintain first person point of view, while allowing us to understand what has gone on at the Frankenstein residence in Geneva? .