Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” in relation to the debate between vitalism and materialism


Essai, 2016

8 Pages, Note: 2,3

Nele de Fries (Auteur)


Résumé ou Introduction

This essay deals with Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", written in 1818. In this time a highly controversial discussion started about living entities containing a kind of vital spirit or not and how it is related to electricity and chemistry. The two main positions are on the one hand the vitalists and on the other the materialists. Vitalism consists of the supposition that every living source owns a vital force which brings life into them. It is supposed that a soul was infused into the body by a power like God via electricity and the fact that they contain this sort of energy makes them different from non- living entities.

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Titre
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” in relation to the debate between vitalism and materialism
Cours
Literature and Science
Note
2,3
Auteur
Année
2016
Pages
8
N° de catalogue
V347126
ISBN (ebook)
9783668365308
ISBN (Livre)
9783668365315
Taille d'un fichier
491 KB
Langue
anglais
Mots clés
mary, shelley’s, frankenstein”
Citation du texte
Nele de Fries (Auteur), 2016, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” in relation to the debate between vitalism and materialism, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/347126

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