Hi Joe. I'm so glad you've joined us for a bit of Rocket Summer. I really enjoyed your discussion of Frankenstein. It's a novel I used to love to teach to high school seniors. I enjoyed your comparisons to the notions we have of Frankenstein from popular culture which are very different from Mary Shelley's original conception. Yes, the monster is very intelligent. He reads Milton's Paradise Lost! Mary Shelley had a lot of issues surrounding the issue of motherhood and abandonment: her own mother had died shortly after her birth, leaving her feeling both abandoned and also guilty for "killing" her mother, and she herself had lost several children. The novel is actually dealing, indirectly, with those issues much more than the popular movies would ever lead us to believe. It's just a fascinating novel, I think. Great discussion!
The introduction in the edition that I read mentioned her mother. There's certainly a lot there to dissect! I imagine that this would be an excellent novel to go over in a school or group setting. I must admit that I am glad I read it for the first time as an adult - I feel like I could appreciate it much more at my age now.
@@josephhix1034 Oh absolutely, it's better to be reading it as an adult. As I said, I taught it to high school seniors. They were always so surprised at how different it was from their preconceptions about it from pop culture. It's a great story.
Hi Joe. I'm so glad you've joined us for a bit of Rocket Summer. I really enjoyed your discussion of Frankenstein. It's a novel I used to love to teach to high school seniors. I enjoyed your comparisons to the notions we have of Frankenstein from popular culture which are very different from Mary Shelley's original conception. Yes, the monster is very intelligent. He reads Milton's Paradise Lost! Mary Shelley had a lot of issues surrounding the issue of motherhood and abandonment: her own mother had died shortly after her birth, leaving her feeling both abandoned and also guilty for "killing" her mother, and she herself had lost several children. The novel is actually dealing, indirectly, with those issues much more than the popular movies would ever lead us to believe. It's just a fascinating novel, I think. Great discussion!
The introduction in the edition that I read mentioned her mother. There's certainly a lot there to dissect! I imagine that this would be an excellent novel to go over in a school or group setting. I must admit that I am glad I read it for the first time as an adult - I feel like I could appreciate it much more at my age now.
@@josephhix1034 Oh absolutely, it's better to be reading it as an adult. As I said, I taught it to high school seniors. They were always so surprised at how different it was from their preconceptions about it from pop culture. It's a great story.
I love this book, it's so compelling. Great video
City on the Edge of Forever a true classic!
Your review has encouraged me to pick up Frankenstein again. Thanks!
Awesome! I'm already looking forward to my own reread!