"Subtitle (titling) In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. As an example, Mary Shelley gave her most famous novel the title ""Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus""; by using the subtitle ""the Modern Prometheus"", she references the Greek Titan as a hint of the novel's themes. In English, subtitles were traditionally denoted and separated from the title proper by the conjunction ""or"", perhaps hinting at their function as an alternate title. A more modern usage is to simply separate the subtitle by punctuation, making the subtitle more of a continuation or sub-element of the title"
"concluded that the novel was ""one of the most original and complete productions of the age."" On Frankenstein ""On ""Frankenstein"""" is a review of the 1818 novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817 but not published until 1832. The review was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817 to help promote the novel and to counter expected negative reviews. It remained unpublished, however, until after the third edition of ""Frankenstein"" appeared in 1831. Percy Bysshe Shelley's cousin Thomas Medwin submitted it to the British literary magazine ""The Athenaeum"" for the Saturday, November 10, 1832"
"edition of ""Frankenstein"", edited by Charles E. Robinson, that contains comparisons of Mary Shelley's original text with Percy Shelley's additions and interventions alongside. Shelley completed her writing in April/May 1817, and ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" was published on 1 January 1818 by the small London publishing house Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones. It was issued anonymously, with a preface written for Mary by Percy Bysshe Shelley and with a dedication to philosopher William Godwin, her father. It was published in an edition of just 500 copies in three volumes, the standard ""triple-decker"" format for 19th-century first editions. The"
"of Nature"" (1803). Percy Bysshe Shelley had cited Darwin in his Preface to the anonymously published novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" (1818), explaining how the novel was written and its meaning. He argued that imparting life to a corpse ""as not of impossible occurrence"". The cloud is a personification and a metaphor for the perpetual cycle of transformation and change in nature. All life and matter are interconnected and undergo unending change and metamorphosis. A review of the 1820 ""Prometheus Unbound"" collection in the September and October 1821 issues of ""The London Magazine"" noted the originality of ""The Cloud"":"
"The Modern Prometheus"" (1818). In her biography of Mary Shelley, Anne Kostelanetz Mellor noted the influence of the work on the latter novel: ""As William Veeder has most recently reminded us, several dimensions of Victor Frankenstein are modelled directly on Percy Shelley. (6) Victor was Percy Shelley's pen-name for his first publication, ""Original Poetry; by Victor and Cazire"" (1810). Victor Frankenstein's family resembles Percy Shelley's: in both, the father is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter; in both the oldest son has a favorite sister (adopted sister, or cousin, in Frankenstein's case) named Elizabeth. Frankenstein's education"
"On Frankenstein ""On ""Frankenstein"""" is a review of the 1818 novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817 but not published until 1832. The review was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817 to help promote the novel and to counter expected negative reviews. It remained unpublished, however, until after the third edition of ""Frankenstein"" appeared in 1831. Percy Bysshe Shelley's cousin Thomas Medwin submitted it to the British literary magazine ""The Athenaeum"" for the Saturday, November 10, 1832 issue on page 730. It was part of the series ""The Shelley Papers"" which appeared in"
"remote from the conditions of life that the moral lesson is not essential to the enjoyment of the piece, and is, in fact, so well disguised that the critics have differed widely as to its interpretation"". William Butler Yeats famously called it ""among the sacred books of the world."" Prometheus Unbound (Shelley) Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in 1820. It is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus, who defies the gods and gives fire to humanity, for which he is subjected to eternal punishment and suffering at the"
"Jane Austen's ""Northanger Abbey"" and ""Persuasion"" were published posthumously. Sir Walter Scott published ""Rob Roy"". Ivan Turgenev was born. In 1819, John Polidori published ""The Vampyre"". In 1820, John Keats published ""Lamia"", ""Isabella"" and ""Hyperion"". Percy Shelley published ""Prometheus Unbound"". Elizabeth Barrett published ""The Battle of Marathon"". Sir Walter Scott published ""Ivanhoe"", ""The Abbot"" and ""The Monastery"". James Catnach: ""Street Ballads"". A gothic novel, ""Melmoth the Wanderer"" was published by Charles Robert Maturin. In 1821, February 23: John Keats died. Percy Shelley published ""Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats"" and ""Epipsychidion"". Byron published ""The Prophecy of Dante""."
"Modern Prometheus"" by Mary Shelley in about the year 1818. In Shelley's story, Frankenstein created an intelligent, somewhat superhuman being. He finds that his creation is horrifying to behold, and he abandons it. This ultimately leads to Victor's death at the conclusion of a vendetta between himself and his embittered creation. The general attitude of the public towards robots in much of Dr. Asimov's fiction is fear and suspicion: ordinary people fear that robots will either replace them or dominate them, although dominance is impossible under the specifications of the Three Laws of Robotics, the first of which is: The"
"Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. After Wollstonecraft's death less than a month after her daughter Mary was born, Mary was raised by Godwin, who was able to provide his daughter"
"Frankenstein Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in 1823. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1814, journeying along the river Rhine in Germany with a stop in Gernsheim, which is away from Frankenstein"
"are marked with a ""(CC)"" and those from ""The Other Mary Shelley"" with an ""(OMS)"". Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. After Wollstonecraft's death less than a month after her daughter"
"the creature, brought to life by Victor Frankenstein, addresses the most fundamental human questions: ""It's the idea of asking your maker what your purpose is. Why are we here, what can we do?"" There are numerous novels retelling or continuing the story of Frankenstein and his monster. Loose adaptations Frankenstein Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of"
"1946). Prometheus (short story) ""Prometheus"" (German: ""Prometheus"") is a short story by Franz Kafka written between 1917 and 1923, likely in 1918. The story presents four versions of the myth of Prometheus, concerning his fate after he was chained to a cliff for betraying the secrets of the gods to men. It was not published in Kafka's lifetime, first appearing in ""Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer"" (1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in ""The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections"" (New York City: Schocken"
"as well as the idea that younger generations succeed their elders. The owl, considered the bird of the night, perched on the older woman's wicker chair, serves as a ‘’memento mori’’, a reminder of mortality. The painting ""Prometheus"" (1640) by Jacob Jordaens is a depiction of the mythological tale of the titan Prometheus who had his liver pecked out by an eagle each day only to regenerate and begin the cycle anew the next day. Prometheus was punished for his audacity by Zeus for having given fire to man, not just in its physical form, but also in the fire"
"2001 Curtis Jobling book, ""Frankenstein's Cat"", it features Frankenstein, sometime before creating his monster, creating a cat called Nine (named because he was made out of nine cats). This book was later adapted into a television series in 2007. Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is the main character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"". He is an Italian-Swiss scientist who, after studying chemical processes and the decay of living beings, gains an insight into the creation of life and gives life to his own creature, often referred to as Frankenstein's monster, or often colloquially referred to as"
"Prometheus (short story) ""Prometheus"" (German: ""Prometheus"") is a short story by Franz Kafka written between 1917 and 1923, likely in 1918. The story presents four versions of the myth of Prometheus, concerning his fate after he was chained to a cliff for betraying the secrets of the gods to men. It was not published in Kafka's lifetime, first appearing in ""Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer"" (1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in ""The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections"" (New York City: Schocken Books,"
"of Shelley's works such as ""Prometheus Unbound"", ""The Masque of Anarchy"", ""The Witch of Atlas"", ""Peter Bell the Third"", ""The Sensitive Plant"", and the play ""The Cenci"" were written in Mary's handwriting but composed by Shelley. Such critics claim, therefore, that handwriting in itself is irrelevant in determining authorship. Frankenstein authorship question The ""Frankenstein"" authorship question is a debate over the role and the extent of Percy Bysshe Shelley's contributions in the writing of the novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"", published anonymously in London in 1818. Handwriting analyses have shown that some portions of the original manuscript were written"
"of central importance, with the figure of Zeus in Goethe's reading being metaphorically matched directly to the image of the Father from the New Testament narratives. Percy Shelley published his four-act lyrical drama titled ""Prometheus Unbound"" in 1820. His version was written in response to the version of myth as presented by Aeschylus and is oriented to the high British Idealism and high British Romanticism prevailing in Shelley's own time. Shelley, as the author himself discusses, admits the debt of his version of the myth to Aeschylus and the Greek poetic tradition which he assumes is familiar to readers of"
"Prometheus (Goethe) ""Prometheus"" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the character of the mythic Prometheus addresses God (as Zeus) in misotheist accusation and defiance. The poem was written between 1772 and 1774 and first published in 1789 after an anonymous and unauthorised publication in 1785 by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. It is an important work of the Sturm und Drang movement. In early editions of the ""Collected Works"" it appeared in Volume II of Goethe's poems in a section of ' (assorted poems), shortly following the ', and the ""Harzreise im Winter"". It is immediately followed by"
"describing the ""Lemegeton"". It is also known as the ""Ars Nova"". Lesser Key of Solomon The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known as Clavicula Salomonis Regis or Lemegeton, is an anonymous grimoire (or spell book) on demonology. It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials a couple of centuries older. It is divided into five books—the ""Ars Goetia"", ""Ars Theurgia-Goetia"", ""Ars Paulina"", ""Ars Almadel"", and ""Ars Notoria"". The most obvious source for the ""Ars Goetia"" is Johann Weyer's ""Pseudomonarchia Daemonum"" in his ""De praestigiis daemonum"". Weyer does not cite, and is unaware of, any other books in the"
"listed as one of the sons of Pallas and Styx in the ""Library"" of Pseudo-Apollodorus. In 1772, Thomas Morell published his English translation of ""Prometheus Bound"" as ""Prometheus in Chains"", making the work widely available to the British public for the first time. Four years afterwards, the abolitionist Richard Potter published a complete English translation of all Aeschylus's tragedies. The scene from ""Prometheus Bound"" in which Hephaestus chains Prometheus to a mountainside with the aid of Kratos and Bia captured the imagination of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century Romantics and became a lens through which they analyzed questions of the relationships"
"in the 17th and 18th centuries. The work also had a ""profound influence"" on both classical Islamic philosophy and modern Western philosophy. It became ""one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution"" and European Enlightenment, and the thoughts expressed in the novel can be found ""in different variations and to different degrees in the books of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Immanuel Kant."" A Latin translation of the work, entitled ""Philosophus Autodidactus"", first appeared in 1671, prepared by Edward Pococke the Younger. The first English translation (by Simon Ockley) was published in 1708. These translations"
"dangerous or questionable, which can make them accidental villains. The prototypical fictional mad scientist was Victor Frankenstein, creator of his eponymous monster, who made his first appearance in 1818, in the novel ""Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus"" by Mary Shelley. Though the novel's title character, Victor Frankenstein, is a sympathetic character, the critical element of conducting experiments that cross ""boundaries that ought not to be crossed"", heedless of the consequences, is present in Shelley's novel. Frankenstein was trained as both an alchemist and a modern scientist, which makes him the bridge between two eras of an evolving archetype. The book"
"Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is the main character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"". He is an Italian-Swiss scientist who, after studying chemical processes and the decay of living beings, gains an insight into the creation of life and gives life to his own creature, often referred to as Frankenstein's monster, or often colloquially referred to as simply ""Frankenstein"". Victor later regrets meddling with nature through his creation, as he inadvertently endangers his own life, as well as the lives of his family and friends, when the creature seeks revenge against him. Some aspects of the"
"American Prometheus American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2005. Twenty-five years in the making, the book was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. It also won the 2008 Duff Cooper Prize, Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year, and ""Discover Magazine"" Best Science Book of the Year. The book's title refers to the legend of Prometheus, as mentioned in ""Scientific Monthly"" in September 1945: It is 721 pages from start to finish in"
"1616 of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into English verse. This was the first ever complete translation of either poem into the English language and it had a profound influence on English literature. Philosopher Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626) wrote the utopian novel ""New Atlantis"", and coined the phrase """"Knowledge is Power"""". Francis Godwin's 1638 ""The Man in the Moone"" recounts an imaginary voyage to the moon and is now regarded as the first work of science fiction in English literature. At the Reformation, the translation of liturgy and Bible into vernacular languages provided new literary models. The ""Book of Common Prayer"""
"did hope would have produced far different things from Castruccio. ... But whence arises the extreme inferiority of ""Valperga""? I can account for it only by supposing that Shelley wrote the first, though it was attributed to his wife, -- and that she really wrote the last. … It has much of his poetry and vigour … At all events, the difference of the two books is very remarkable."" An author for the novel was first given in an 1821 French translation published in Paris by Corréard as ""Frankenstein, ou le Prométhée moderne"" by Jules Saladin as by ""M.me Shelly""."
"""Prometheus"" is ""artistic reaction to the fall of the British working class"" at the end of the twentieth century, and considers it as ""the most important adaptation of classical myth for a radical political purpose for years"" and Harrison's ""most brilliant artwork, with the possible exception of his stage play ""The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus"""". Professor Roger Griffin of the Department of History at Oxford Brookes University, in his paper ""The palingenetic political community: rethinking the legitimation of totalitarian regimes in inter-war Europe"", describes Harrison's film-poem as ""magnificent"" and suggests that Harrison is trying to tell his audience ""To avoid falling"
"Lesser Key of Solomon The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known as Clavicula Salomonis Regis or Lemegeton, is an anonymous grimoire (or spell book) on demonology. It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials a couple of centuries older. It is divided into five books—the ""Ars Goetia"", ""Ars Theurgia-Goetia"", ""Ars Paulina"", ""Ars Almadel"", and ""Ars Notoria"". The most obvious source for the ""Ars Goetia"" is Johann Weyer's ""Pseudomonarchia Daemonum"" in his ""De praestigiis daemonum"". Weyer does not cite, and is unaware of, any other books in the ""Lemegeton"", indicating that the ""Lemegeton"" was derived from his work, not"
"to appropriate parts of the Prometheus myth for the purpose of interpreting Milton. A reprint of his book in the 1990s by Routledge Press included an introduction to the book by Carl Jung. Some Gnostics have been associated with identifying the theft of fire from heaven as embodied by the fall of Lucifer ""the Light Bearer"". Ayn Rand cited the Prometheus myth in ""Anthem"", ""The Fountainhead"", and ""Atlas Shrugged"", using the mythological character as a metaphor for creative people rebelling against the confines of modern society. The artificial chemical element promethium is named after Prometheus. Works of classical music, opera,"
"from the Georgian period. To the north of the church can be found the Congregational Chapel which is one of the earliest in England. It was built in 1652 but has been altered in 1809 and again in 1840. The one time minister John Godwin was the father of the political philosopher William Godwin and the grandfather of Mary Godwin who became Mary Shelley who is best known for her Gothic novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" (1818). Guestwick Guestwick is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-west of Cromer, north-west"
"Prometheus Unbound (Shelley) Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in 1820. It is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus, who defies the gods and gives fire to humanity, for which he is subjected to eternal punishment and suffering at the hands of Zeus. It is inspired by the classical ""Prometheia"", a trilogy of plays attributed to Aeschylus. Shelley's play concerns Prometheus' release from captivity, but unlike Aeschylus' version, there is no reconciliation between Prometheus and Jupiter (Zeus). Instead, Jupiter is abandoned by his supportive elements and falls from power,"