Revolutions in Frankenstein and the ampyre
With close reference to ONE male writer and ONE female writer studied in the module, show how the writers in the period 1780-1830 represented revolution in very different ways and to different ends. ('Revolution' here refers most obviously to the French revolution, but it could also be taken to refer to any of the revolutions in British society and culture which were talked about in the period, some of which will be addressed in the lectures of this module).Frankenstein and The Vampyre and the influence and effect of 'revolutions.' Within the texts of Frankenstein (1818) and The Vampyre (1819) there are obvious influences from the current revolutions effecting Britain and Western Europe. Both Shelley and Polidori give us many insights into the key issues effecting contempories of the time through the medium of the texts. I chose these two texts as they are closely linked from the alleged trading of ghost stories between Bryon, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelly and Polidori and it is argued that Mary Shelley had more impact on Polidori's work. The most immediately obvious form of revolution effecting the authors here is the working-class driven French revolution, however there is also the industrial revolution; creating a great fe
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Approximate Word count = 2195
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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