Rereading Frankenstein: What If Victor Frankenstein Had Actually Been Evil?

As we reread Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at two hundred years, it is evident that Victor Frankenstein is both a mad scientist (fevered, obsessive) and a bad scientist (secretive, hubristic, irresponsible). He's also not a very nice person. He's a narcissist, a liar, and a bad "parent." But he is not...

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Publicado en:Hastings Center Report Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 21 - 25
Autor principal: Robert, Jason Scott
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2018
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