Aesthetics in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the brilliant scientist Viktor Frankenstein constructs and animates a gigantic and superhumanly powerful man. But upon animation, Frankenstein discovers he neglected beauty, and beholding his hideous creation flees in horror without even naming the man. Abandoned and a...

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Autor principal: Jerold J. Abrams
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:98d749c0631443adbbf43929d1a3c5412021-11-10T20:00:53ZAesthetics in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein2573-881Xhttps://doaj.org/article/98d749c0631443adbbf43929d1a3c5412018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jsfphil.org/vol-1/abrams-aesthetics-in-frankenstein/https://doaj.org/toc/2573-881XIn Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the brilliant scientist Viktor Frankenstein constructs and animates a gigantic and superhumanly powerful man. But upon animation, Frankenstein discovers he neglected beauty, and beholding his hideous creation flees in horror without even naming the man. Abandoned and alone the monster leaves society, yet secretly observing humanity learns language and philosophy and eventually discovers humanity’s self-understanding and his own self-understanding to be grounded in beauty rather than reason.Jerold J. AbramsAlfredo Mac LaughlinarticlePhilosophy (General)B1-5802Literature (General)PN1-6790ENJournal of Science Fiction and Philosophy, Vol 1, Pp 1-19 (2018)
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Aesthetics in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
description In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the brilliant scientist Viktor Frankenstein constructs and animates a gigantic and superhumanly powerful man. But upon animation, Frankenstein discovers he neglected beauty, and beholding his hideous creation flees in horror without even naming the man. Abandoned and alone the monster leaves society, yet secretly observing humanity learns language and philosophy and eventually discovers humanity’s self-understanding and his own self-understanding to be grounded in beauty rather than reason.
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