Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Resurrecting the dead : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the dangers of acting as gods? -- The melting polar ice : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the dying of nature? -- The monster's body : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the monster's descendants? -- Out of Africa to the moon : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of creating a new species of humankind? -- From astronauts to angels in clouds : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of the last generations of humankind? -- WWW : adrift in the digital world : is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of being homeless in a wired, webbed world? -- Who is the monster? is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of a radical ethics? -- Other seeds of hope in Mary Shelley's story: is Mary Shelley's story a prophecy of new beginnings?
Summary:
"In Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prohecies, Romanyshyn asks eight questions that uncover how Mary Shelley's classic work Frankenstein haunts our world. Providing a uniquely interdisciplinary assessment, Romanyshyn combines Jungian theory, literary criticism and mythology to explore answers to the query at the heart of this book: who is the monster?"-- Provided by publisher.
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