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Why Read Frankenstein in 2018?

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Two hundred years after it was first published, Nick Groom explains the abiding appeal and extraordinary contemporary relevance of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
Far from being a supernatural Gothic fiction, he will show how deeply concerned the novel is with the most pressing scientific issues of its time, and how these continue to challenge us today in fields from artificial intelligence to medical ethics, challenging the very definition of what it is to be human.

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Nick Groom
Keywords
literature
technology
science
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 00:52:03

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