The Bodies Exhibit: Why We Read Frankenstein
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fiction, Frankenstein, Human Bodies Exhibit, literature, museum exhibit, reading, romanticism, Shelley
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, usually credited as the first true work of science fiction, stresses the fairly common themes of man’s overweening pride, his error in overstepping boundaries, and the often horrific events that follow such actions. In Shelley’s day, early 19th century, many in the…
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