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    Feminine Romanticism In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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    Author
    Miller, Elisabeth
    Advisor
    Kay Satre; Debra Bernardi; John Ries
    Date of Issue
    2016-04-01
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    https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/2599
    Title
    Feminine Romanticism In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    Type
    thesis
    Abstract
    This thesis explores Romanticism presented in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I incorporate Anne K. Mellor’s work in identifying Romanticism’s two main forms: feminine and masculine Romanticism. The Romantic ideologies as we know them today were established by the “High Romantics.” The leaders in the movement include literary figures such as Lord Byron, Wordsworth, and Keats. They produced work reflecting the values of “masculine” Romanticism, a form that revered unrestrained emotion, the sublime, and the desire for domination. Mary Shelley, along with other female writers, also expressed the ideals of Romanticism, but their writings exhibited an alternate ideological form called “feminine” Romanticism. In her famous novel, Shelley critiques the values of masculine Romanticism and advocates ideals of feminine Romanticism by revealing the superiority of reason over excess passion, subtle beauty of nature over the extreme forces of the sublime, and mutual affections over the desire for power.
    Degree Awarded
    Bachelor's
    Semester
    Spring
    Department
    Languages & Literature
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