- Editorial:
- VINTAGE USA
- Año de edición:
- 2009
- Materia:
- Literatura contemporánea en español
- ISBN:
- 978-0-307-47442-1
- Páginas:
- 448
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa blanda
ORIGINAL FRANKENSTEIN: OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS:
THE ORIGINAL TWO-VOLUME NOVEL OF 1816-1817 FROM THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY MANUSCRIPTS
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY / PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
Working from the earliest surviving draft of u003cbu003eFrankensteinu003c/bu003e, Charles E. Robinson presents two versions of the classic novelas Mary Shelley originally wrote it and a subsequent version clearly indicating Percy Shelley's amendments and contributions.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eFor the first time we can hear Mary's sole voice, which is colloquial, fast-paced, and sounds more modern to a contemporary reader. We can also see for the first time the extent of Percy Shelley's contributionsome 5,000 words out of 72,000and his stylistic and thematic changes. His occassionally florid prose is in marked contrast to the directness of Mary's writing. Interesting, too, are Percy's suggestions, which humanize the monster, thus shaping many of the major themes of the novel as we read it today. In these two versions of u003cbu003eFrankensteinu003c/bu003e we have an exciting new view of one of literature's greatest works.
