Out
of all the novels up for examination this month, Frankenstein,
penned by 19-year-old Mary Shelley, has been critiqued, studied, and
anatomically dissected (no pun intended) by literary analysts big and
small. Everything that could have possibly been discussed already has
been... and then was discussed some more. Therefore, it is somewhat
intimidating for a meager blogger such as myself to delve into the
multiple complexities and interpretations that arise from this
landmark in horror and the world of literature as a whole without
repeating things that have already been said. But there is a
thunderous rumbling in the sky that urges me forward and compels me
to continue in my dark studies. So with the eagerness of the devoted
student of midnight, I will compile together a creature that will
hopefully be more appealing to the eye than Shelley's tragic
monster.(read more...)
