Making Myth Podcast
We’ve all heard the phrase “reality is stranger than fiction” but does the same thing apply when we look at the past? The Making Myth podcast hopes to untangle fact from history, myth, legend and speak to how we assign meaning to our lives.
Join us on the journey as we transcend through the past and emerge with new understandings.
Making Myth Podcast
Episode 7: Mary Shelley — Mother of Horror
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Born to a radical philosopher and early feminist, Mary Shelley has been immortalized through her 1818 work Frankenstein. Not only did she invent the genre of science fiction, but she also explored themes of human rights, being unsheltered in the world, and social isolation. Truly embodying 'peak goth', she kept her late husband Percy Shelley's calcified heart in a drawer until her death in 1851.
Come along with us as we discover Mary's intellectual pursuits and personal exploration in a world defined by radical thinking through history and astrology.
Sources
Books:
- In Search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson
- Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour
Digital Media:
- "10 Shocking Facts About Mary Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/mr3h4y2a)
- "Frankenstein (1910)" (https://tinyurl.com/zf3v4hw5)
- “Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - the Birth of Gothic Horror” (https://tinyurl.com/5n86kcvc)
- The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
- "Mary Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/256be346)
- "Mary Shelley: A Biography" (https://tinyurl.com/59whrdv4)
- “Mary Shelley and the Creation of Frankenstein” (https://tinyurl.com/58eb6zrz)
- "Mary Shelley: Writing Frankenstein" (https://tinyurl.com/52xtpcua)
- "The Strange, Tragic Life of Mary Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/yfvdxujz)
Primary Sources:
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- The Life & Letters of Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley, Vol I & II
Websites:
- "Astronomers have determined the exact hour that Mary Shelley thought of Frankenstein" (https://tinyurl.com/2rauz43a)
- “Birthing Frankenstein, Part 2: Earning a Living by Her Pen” (https://tinyurl.com/kuyse7ur)
- "The Death of Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/myhr4jz4)
- "Famous Bis: Mary Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/4d6p6kxe)
- "Love & Tragedy - The Stirring Saga of Mary and Percy Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/4h29nwwn)
- “Manifestations of Trauma and Madness in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (https://tinyurl.com/ye2a8bd4)
- “Mary Shelley’s Grief” (https://tinyurl.com/ywetswwh)
- "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" (https://tinyurl.com/5fymrum6)
- “Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: extraordinary mother and daughter” (https://tinyurl.com/5hdtpkum)
- "The Tragic Unsolved Mystery of Percy Bysshe Shelley's Love Child" (https://tinyurl.com/yvrb8scn)
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