Shelley: Frankenstein
This playlist brings together five courses on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The first two deal with the novella directly, while the other three explore genre of Gothic writing and the Romantic period in literature more broadly.
What this playlist includes:
53 lectures across 5 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Courses and Lectures
1. Shelley: Frankenstein
Prof. Nick Groom
Exeter University
Exeter University
1.1. Mary Shelley – 06:09
1.2. Science and the Supernatural – 06:50
1.3. Structure – 03:42
1.4. What Does Victor Frankenstein Create? – 06:35
1.5. Victor Frankenstein – 08:38
2. Shelley: Frankenstein
Prof. David Punter
Bristol University
Bristol University
2.1. Frankenstein and Prometheus – 08:05
2.2. Frankenstein and Knowledge – 07:56
2.3. The Creation of the Monster – 07:09
2.4. The Life of the Monster – 07:38
2.5. Victor and the Creature – 08:42
2.6. Frankenstein and Prejudice – 09:00
3. Gothic Literature
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
Nottingham University
3.1. Readership and Historical Context – 12:29
3.2. Philosophical and Cultural Context – 04:18
3.3. The First Gothic Novels – 05:58
3.4. Early Gothic Literature – 06:33
3.5. The End of Early Gothic – 06:15
3.6. Background to Frankenstein – 05:09
3.7. Frankenstein – 20:51
3.8. Early Victorian Gothic – 06:56
3.9. Wuthering Heights – 14:12
3.10. Jane Eyre – 15:21
3.11. Late Victorian Gothic – 11:03
3.12. Psychological Gothic – 04:19
3.13. Fin de Siecle – 10:29
3.14. Modern Gothic – 05:12
4. Gothic Literature
Dr Elly McCausland
York University
York University
4.1. Introduction – 02:22
4.2. The Origins of Gothic Literature: The Castle of... – 08:35
4.3. The Mysteries of Udolpho – 08:21
4.4. Frankenstein – 06:30
4.5. Northanger Abbey – 03:07
4.6. Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights – 07:28
4.7. Late Victorian Gothic – 10:32
4.8. Gothic Literature Today [Interview] – 07:11
4.9. CR4. Frankenstein: Close Reading 2 – 02:42
4.10. CR4. Frankenstein: Close Reading 1 – 03:26
4.11. CR6. Jane Eyre: Close Reading – 01:56
4.12. CR6. Wuthering Heights: Close Reading – 03:19
4.13. Q2. Q&A for Module 2 – 04:23
4.14. Q3. Q&A for Module 3 – 05:08
4.15. Q6. Q&A for Module 6 – 05:30
4.16. Q7. Q&A for Module 7 – 03:16
5. Romanticism
Dr Ross Wilson
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
5.1. Genre – 08:33
5.2. Language – 10:25
5.3. Emotion – 11:09
5.4. Poetry – 10:43
5.5. The Sublime – 10:10
5.6. Nature – 10:45
5.7. The Supernatural – 10:31
5.8. Revolution – 08:27
5.9. The Romantic Canon – 05:51
5.10. Other Arts – 06:10
5.11. 20th-Century Criticism – 05:57
5.12. Recent Criticism – 07:44
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