Comments on: Frankenstein’s Shadow

By: Survivors « Rumors of Delirium

Survivors « Rumors of Delirium — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:40:06 +0000

[...] September 23rd, 2007 · No Comments At the end of Vindication, Gordon includes an aftermath concerning Mary Wollstonecraft’s heirs and followers — her two daughters, Fanny and Mary, their step-sister Claire, and her early pupil Margaret King, Lady Mount Cashell. Wollstonecraft’s daughter married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and is best known as the author of Frankenstein. Read more about her and Frankenstein’s Shadow at Fickle Foe. [...]

By: Tom Hoobler

Tom Hoobler — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:09:00 +0000

The author who claims Percy Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” will have to explain away a lot of evidence to the contrary. There exist manuscript pages of the novel, in Mary’s handwriting, with Percy’s comments in the margin–and she didn’t take all of the advice. Byron and others who knew them during the time the book was written commented on the fact that Mary was the author. Furthermore, Mary revised the book in 1831, thirteen years after its original publication. It is absolutely inconceivable to anyone who knows her character that she would put her own name to a book Percy wrote. She edited and put into final form the bulk of his poetic works–all with his name as the author. Why do the opposite for this novel? No, this is just somebody trying to make a big splash with an outrageous thesis that will attract a lot of attention.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:41:45 +0000

Have you heard about the book that posits that her husband wrote Frankenstein? Or I should say a recent book that’s due out soon that says she couldn’t have written the book. “The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein” by John Lauritsen. The author graduated from Harvard and has written about AIDS and Homosexuality. I haven’t seen many reviews so I’m not sure how it’s being received in the academic world.

By: specialagentdalecooper

specialagentdalecooper — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:17:11 +0000

Really nicely written… I think I enjoyed reading this entry the most out of what you’ve posted so far.