TY - JOUR
T1 - Frankenstein as cautionary tale for medical humanities? A brief coda
AU - Jones, Anne Hudson
N1 - Funding Information:
One of the most interesting of these collaborations has been underway at Arizona State University for several years now. Called “The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project 1818–2018,” this initiative deserves special mention for, among other things, its funding by two grants from the National Science Foundation. The project is vast, including “a wide variety of public programs, physical and digital exhibits, research projects, scientific demonstrations, competitions, festivals, art projects, formal and informal learning opportunities, and publications exploring the novel’s colossal scientific, technological, artistic, cultural and social impacts” (ASU 2016–2018).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Amidst the recent bicentennial celebrations of the first publication, in 1818, of Mary Godwin Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, little attention was given to the character Henry Clerval. Yet despite his few pages in the novel, Clerval’s role as a humanist foil for Victor Frankenstein is significant. This brief coda examines what contemporary readers might learn from Clerval when his character is read allegorically, and how his presence in the novel makes clear that it can serve as a cautionary tale not only for biomedical scientists, but also for medical humanists.
AB - Amidst the recent bicentennial celebrations of the first publication, in 1818, of Mary Godwin Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, little attention was given to the character Henry Clerval. Yet despite his few pages in the novel, Clerval’s role as a humanist foil for Victor Frankenstein is significant. This brief coda examines what contemporary readers might learn from Clerval when his character is read allegorically, and how his presence in the novel makes clear that it can serve as a cautionary tale not only for biomedical scientists, but also for medical humanists.
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U2 - 10.1353/pbm.2019.0041
DO - 10.1353/pbm.2019.0041
M3 - Article
C2 - 31761802
AN - SCOPUS:85075429486
SN - 0031-5982
VL - 62
SP - 710
EP - 716
JO - Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
JF - Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
IS - 4
ER -