From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Mon Feb 08 1999 - 09:27:54 MST
At 10:55 PM 2/8/99 +0000, Damien wrote:
>since the conversation was brief and pungent. Mary Wollstonecraft
>Shelley's admirable mother died, alas, giving birth to her.
Thanks for this information, Damien.
"A 'Frankenstein' is any creation that ultimately destroys its creator."
I'm very interested in psychology, but I'd rather not attempt to
psycho-babble whether or not the death of her mother caused her to feel as
if she was such a creation.
It is interesting that _Frankenstein_, was published when she was 20 years
old. I haven't read _The Last Man_ (1826), which reveals her liberal
social outlook; and perhaps her autobiography, _Lodore_, might shed some
light on how her mother's death affected her.
(A biography of Shelley by Muriel Spark (_A Child of Light_) approaches
Shelley's life as a "divided existence." )
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