Percorsi di lettura tra Operette morali e Frankenstein

Journal article

Abstract:: The article undertakes a reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Leopardi’s Operette morali (in particular Il dialogo di Federico Ruysch e le sue mummie and Dialogo della Natura e di un Islandese). Three main aspects are explored, suggesting an affinity between the two works: the importance of contemporary scientific research, and the Modern Prometheus in Frankenstein 1818, and in the Ruysch; the innovative use in both works of accounts of scientific expeditions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth century; and the dialogue between Creator and Creature as expressed through Frankenstein’s Monster/Creature, and the Islandese.

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Publisher:: Franco Cesati Editore
Journal:: Rivista Internazionale di Studi Leopardiani More from this journal
Volume:: 12
Pages:: 87-114
Publication date:: 2020-11-01
Acceptance date:: 2019-12-19
ISSN:: 1129-9401

Language:: Italian
Keywords:: vitalism

Prometheus

scientific expeditions

mummy

monster

creature

maternity
Pubs id:: 1114085
Local pid:: pubs:1114085
Deposit date:: 2020-06-22

Notes:: This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Franco Cesati Editore at https://www.italinemo.it/fascicolo/rivista-internazionale-di-studi-leopardiani-2019-n-12/

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