This week we look at the tragic and fascinating life of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and explore how the novel she started writing as an 18 year old, changed popular culture forever. Content warning: This episode contains references to suicide, birth trauma and miscarriage. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:15 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report). For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod Check out our other podcasts: Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/ Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/ Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/march-2018-mary-shelleys-frankenstein https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/frankenstein-at-200-why-hasnt-mary-shelley-been-given-the-respect-she-deserves- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein https://museumofidaho.org/mary-shelley-and-the-heart-in-the-drawer/ https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/galvani-discovers-animal-electricity Frankenstein is More Horrific Than You Might Think | Monstrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYyBdg4emI https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/24/featuresreviews.guardianreview1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
