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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried ↓ More info below ↓ Check out Sound Field! https://bit.ly/2N37fpt Don’t miss future episodes of Monstrum, subscribe! http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub Did you know the original Frankenstein’s Creature is a highly intelligent vegetarian who hates the idea of harming another living creature? Or that the author Mary Shelley came up with the idea for the original novel in a dream while on a holiday with her married lover? The “mad scientist” Frankenstein isn’t even really a doctor! Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was revolutionary text that pioneered the sci-fi genre. On the surface, it’s a novel about a scary monster, but Shelley’s sympathetic description of a soulful Creature makes us rethink who we label as the “monster”—an important question made increasingly relevant by the advances in technology and science we see today. Watch this episode to learn about the original novel, why it was created, and how (and why) popular culture continues to perpetuate the story hundreds of years later. #frankenstein #monster #maryshelley #MonstrumPBS Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Producer: Stephanie Noone Illustrator: Samuel Allen Editor: Dano Johnson Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs/ ----------- BIBLIOGRAPHY: Aldini, Giovani. Essai théorique et expérimental sur le galvanisme (1804) Gordon, Charlotte. Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley. New York: Random House, 2015. Linthicum, Kent. “How a Volcano Helped Inspired Frankenstein.” Slate, 22 June 2016. Mellor, Anne. Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters. Routledge, 1990. Montillo, Roseanne. The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece. Reissue ed., William Morrow, 2013. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein (editions 1818, 1823, and 1831) St. Clair, William. The Godwins and the Shelleys: A Biography of a Family. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. Todd, Janet. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Revolutionary Life. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. van den Belt, Hank. “Playing god in Frankenstein's footsteps: Synthetic biology and the meaning of life” Nanoethics, 3(3), 257-268 (2009).