Annotated Bibliography On Frankenstein
Annotated List of Works Cited
Hitchcock, Susan Tyler. Frankenstein: A Cultural History. Ed. Susan Tyler Hitchcock. New York: Norton & Company, Inc. 2007. 47-49. Print. Hitchcock defines Mary Shelley 's use of tabula rasa as inspired by John Locke 's essay, Concerning Human Understanding. "Knowledge of the outside world forms as sensory impressions bombard the mind and accumulate into ideas and opinions" (47). Locke argued that man is neither innately good or evil, but rather a blank slate upon which sensations create impressions which create conscious experience. A flabbergasted Victor shuns the creature 's first human interaction, shaping the character of his creation. Hitchcock attempts to link the Romantic concept of infancy and childhood …show more content…
Frankenstein. 2nd Ed. Norton 2011. Print. Norton Critical Editions analyzes Shelley 's model of maturation with a “realistic depiction of Lockean psychology". Just like his creature, Victor own character is formed by his past childhood experiences.
Berkowitz, Edward D. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Ed. Schoene-Hardwood, Berthold. Columbia: Columbia UP, 2000. 52-56. Print. Hardwood defines that every human being is born with a sense of compassion. According to Schoene, the monster does not come in contact with Tabula Rasa as he is born. However, the monster shows his first “ Roussean inner” when he is encountered with light and darkness. The monster’s reaction to light and darkness are vastly different from one another. He can depict light in a very philosophical way, whereas, darkness simply “troubles “him.
Poovey, Mary. The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. 122-123. Print. Poovey portrays young Victor as a Tabula Rasa whose “predilection”, the accidental discovery of Cornelius Agrippa’s philosophy. The enthusiasm he first feels for such book is then triggered by the lack of explaining from his father prompting his curiosity, resulting in the future to the creation of his
Hitchcock, Susan Tyler. Frankenstein: A Cultural History. Ed. Susan Tyler Hitchcock. New York: Norton & Company, Inc. 2007. 47-49. Print. Hitchcock defines Mary Shelley 's use of tabula rasa as inspired by John Locke 's essay, Concerning Human Understanding. "Knowledge of the outside world forms as sensory impressions bombard the mind and accumulate into ideas and opinions" (47). Locke argued that man is neither innately good or evil, but rather a blank slate upon which sensations create impressions which create conscious experience. A flabbergasted Victor shuns the creature 's first human interaction, shaping the character of his creation. Hitchcock attempts to link the Romantic concept of infancy and childhood …show more content…
Frankenstein. 2nd Ed. Norton 2011. Print. Norton Critical Editions analyzes Shelley 's model of maturation with a “realistic depiction of Lockean psychology". Just like his creature, Victor own character is formed by his past childhood experiences.
Berkowitz, Edward D. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Ed. Schoene-Hardwood, Berthold. Columbia: Columbia UP, 2000. 52-56. Print. Hardwood defines that every human being is born with a sense of compassion. According to Schoene, the monster does not come in contact with Tabula Rasa as he is born. However, the monster shows his first “ Roussean inner” when he is encountered with light and darkness. The monster’s reaction to light and darkness are vastly different from one another. He can depict light in a very philosophical way, whereas, darkness simply “troubles “him.
Poovey, Mary. The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. 122-123. Print. Poovey portrays young Victor as a Tabula Rasa whose “predilection”, the accidental discovery of Cornelius Agrippa’s philosophy. The enthusiasm he first feels for such book is then triggered by the lack of explaining from his father prompting his curiosity, resulting in the future to the creation of his