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7. "Frankenstein: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting" by Mary Shelley and Karen Swallow Prior

7. "Frankenstein: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting" by Mary Shelley and Karen Swallow Prior

Update: 2021-09-21
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What can a contemporary Christian learn from reading an 18th-century science fiction novel? In this episode Jenna and Lydia discuss Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. We discuss who Mary Shelley was, and how the radical ideals around her shaped her life and writings. We touch on themes of life and death, original sin, and the dangers of isolation and selfish ambition.


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Frankenstein: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting by Mary Shelley and Karen Swallow Prior


A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft


Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon


Paradise Lost by John Milton


Theogony by Hesiod (regarding Prometheus)


Ozymandias by Percy Bysse Shelley

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7. "Frankenstein: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting" by Mary Shelley and Karen Swallow Prior

7. "Frankenstein: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting" by Mary Shelley and Karen Swallow Prior

Jenna DiPrima and Lydia Schaible