When Adam Creates: Rebellion and Transgressive Autonomy in Frankenstein

David Hogsette

When Adam Creates: Rebellion and Transgressive Autonomy in Frankenstein

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Abstract

This paper answers the question, what happens when man creates in his own image in the absence of woman. Analyzing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein within the context of 18th and 19th century debates on vitalism vs. materialism, this paper argues--contra most other critics--that M. Shelley was a theistic vitalist, despite the strong atheistic materialism of her husband Percy Shelley.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Gothic Association Conference - International Gothic Association Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Jul 2003 → …

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Conference	International Gothic Association Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Liverpool
Period	19/07/03 → …

Keywords

Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Percy Shelley
Romanticism
materialism
naturalism
vitalism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Literature and Literary Theory

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