1. Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus
What began with a simple dream became twenty-one months of work that resulted in the publication of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus on March 11, 1818. ... As Victor himself declares shortly after arriving at the University, "From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation" (Frankenstein 48). ... Ingolstadt was famous as the home of the Illuminati, a secret revolutionary society founded by Ingolstadt's Professor of Law, Adam Weishaupt. ... Besides Shelley's own personal life the econo...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate