Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus

'I am in a strange state of mind. I am alone-quite alone-in the world-the blight of misfortune has passed over me and withered me; I know that I am about to die and I feel happy-joyous-'The eponymous heroine of Mathilda narrates a tale of incestuous love from her deathbed. Her father's suicide by drowning, and her relationship with a gifted young poet, both contribute to her emotional withdrawal and lonely demise. This edition of Shelley's second novel, transcribed and introduced by Deanna Koretsky, explores the work both as a complex portrayal of taboo desires and as an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarchy. Mathilda is often read as biographical, but this edition also highlights the issues of justice, gender, and rights. Illuminating Shelley's evolving views on activism and social reform, sexual fluidity, and the racial implications of her feminist politics, Koretsky uncovers Shelley's deep skepticism about the capacity of English society to adapt to changing demographics and bring about a more just world.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A stunningly creepy deluxe hardcover edition with spot gloss, black sprayed edges, black-stained pages, and black endpapers.<BR> <BR>Part of a six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro.  <BR><BR>Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ray Russell’s short story “Sardonicus,” considered by Stephen King to be “perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written,” to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.<BR><BR>Frankenstein<BR><BR> <BR>The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship . . . and horror.

Uno scienziato con l'ambizione di sconfiggere la morte riesce ad assemblare una creatura con parti di cadavere e a dargli vita. Sostituendosi alla Natura ha, però, sovvertito il Suo ordine e ha generato un essere abominevole che viene abbandonato dal suo stesso creatore e che, per questo, non tarderà a vendicarsi. Prendendo spunto da teorie scientifiche innovative per l'epoca in cui è stato scritto, Frankenstein è in grado di farci riflettere profondamente sul rapporto tra gli uomini e tra questi e Dio e, inoltre, di tenere viva l'attenzione del lettore fino all'ultima pagina grazie ai numerosi colpi di scena. Un classico della letteratura horror nato da una geniale intuizione: può un uomo divenire il creatore di un altro essere umano? E come reagirà questa nuova creatura se inserita nella società?. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Scéal corraitheach faoi uaillmhian, obsession, agus na hiarmhairtí a bhaineann le brú thar theorainneacha tuisceana an duine. In Frankenstein, cuireann Mary Shelley aithne ar Victor Frankenstein, eolaí atá tiomáinte ag dúil gan staonadh chun beatha a chruthú, gan aghaidh a thabhairt uirthi ach le hiarmhairtí uafásacha a chuid gníomhartha. Féachann an t-ollphéist íocónach a rugadh ó thurgnaimh Frankenstein go nglacfar leis ach ina ionad sin faigheann sé foréigean agus diúltú, rud a scaoileann sa deireadh ar thóir tragóideach díoltais. Déanann an scéal corraitheach seo iniúchadh ar théamaí na féiniúlachta, na cruthaitheachta, agus na freagrachta morálta, atá fós ar cheann de na saothair is buaine den fhicsean Gotach.Clasaic Gotach gan ré is ea Frankenstein a thugann léargas ar théamaí domhain na huaillmhéine, riocht an duine, agus na contúirtí a bhaineann le for-rochtain eolaíoch. Insíonn sárshaothar Mary Shelley scéal Victor Frankenstein, eolaí óg uaillmhianach a thugann a thurgnamh ceannródaíoch créatúr nach bhfuil smacht aige ar an saol. Agus é líonta le aiféala domhain, téann Victor i ngleic leis na hiarmhairtí eiticiúla agus mothúchánacha a bhaineann le bheith saorga a chruthú, agus téann an créatúr, ag dúil le glacadh agus tuisceana, isteach sa dorchadas i measc cruálacht an domhain.Agus é suite i gcoinne thírdhreacha suaracha na hAlpa hEilvéise agus fairsinge oighreata an Artaigh, is saothar an-atmaisféir é Frankenstein le Shelley a bhfuil spéis ag léitheoirí air leis na glúnta a chuaigh thart. Déanann an t-úrscéal iniúchadh ar nádúr déach na daonnachta, ar thóir an eolais, agus ar na hiarmhairtí a bhaineann le huaillmhian neamhsheiceáil. Idir scéal uafáis agus iniúchadh fealsúnach domhain, maireann Frankenstein mar cheann de bhunshaothair an fhicsin eolaíochta agus na litríochta Gotach.Le carachtair iontacha, suíomhanna corraitheacha, agus scéal a scrúdaíonn crosbhealach na nuálaíochta agus na heitice, tugann Frankenstein dúshlán do léitheoirí machnamh a dhéanamh ar cad is brí le bheith daonna. Soláthraíonn an t-eagrán seo, atá mar chuid de Chnuasach Litríochta Clasaiceach Autri Books, cur i láthair inrochtana ar shaothar Shelley do léitheoirí nua-aimseartha, rud a ligeann do na glúnta nua áilleacht agus castacht an úrscéil úrnua seo a fháil amach.

More than 200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece—a classic work of horror that blurs the line between man and monster.<BR><BR>“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear.”<BR><BR>For centuries, the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created has held readers spellbound. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting dread. On a more profound level, it illuminates the triumph and tragedy of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a creature tortured by the solitude of a world in which he does not belong. A novel of almost hallucinatory intensity, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. <BR>  <BR><BR> With an Introduction by Douglas Clegg<BR> And an Afterword by Harold Bloom