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MARY SHELLEY
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出自雪萊筆下的《科學怪人》為西方文學咸認首部科幻小說,成書於一八一八年瑞士日內瓦湖畔(Lake Geneva, le Léman)。一八一六1816年,一來為了逃離前年坦博拉火山(Mount Tambora)噴發火山灰所造成氣候驟變,該年夏季滿天的火山灰致使全球氣溫驟降,史稱無夏之年(Year Without a Summer)。除了躲避這罕見的低溫,二來也是禁不住瑪麗的繼妹克萊兒.克萊蒙特(Claire Clairmont)的說服,芳年十八的雪萊小姐遂偕同男友,亦即日後的夫婿波西.雪萊(Percy Bysshe Shelley),眾人一同前往瑞士造訪拜倫勛爵—亦及大名鼎鼎的詩人拜倫—位於萊芒湖畔的迪奧塔蒂別墅(Villa Diodati)。 而原先的湖畔假期在連日低溫的情況下不得不作罷,大伙只得待在別墅的壁爐前,聊著當時有關於電磁學的科學新發現,並一同閱讀德國文學作品《死神預言》(Fantasmagoriana)的法譯本,在場人士尚有拜倫的家庭醫師約翰.波理多利(John Polidori)以及拜倫當時已懷有身孕的情人克萊兒等人。在百無聊賴之下兼之受到《死神預言》一書的刺激,拜倫提議眾人各自撰寫一則鬼故事,也正是因為這個突發其想,文壇一口氣多了兩本影響後世深遠的文學作品: 一是當代第一本吸血鬼小說的誕生,波理多利撰寫的《The Vampyre》一書首次賦予了吸血鬼貴族的形象,其設定甚至影響了布蘭姆史托克的經典名著《德古拉》(Dracula)。二是拜倫整理起草了關於巴爾幹半島的吸血鬼傳說,雖然拜倫詩作《黑暗》(Darkness)亦源於此時,但實與坦博拉火山爆發有關。第三則是本作亦即瑪麗所撰寫的《科學怪人》。 成書於一八一八年的恐怖小說《科學怪人》,目前以一八卅一年刊行的第參版較為普及,書中的瘋狂醫生維克.弗蘭肯斯坦,以科學的方式挑戰倫理界線使死屍復活,因而譯作《科學怪人》,經典形象人造人則以「怪物」(The Creature)名之。儘管部份學者認為本作可視為恐怖小說或科幻小說的濫觴,然而恐怖體裁的形式目前首見於一七六四年出版的《奧特蘭托堡》(The Castle of Otranto)一書,至於歌德一詞的由來則源自於該書副標〈一則歌德故事〉(A Gothic Story)。 本作影響之深遠,多年來催生無數的電影、小說與戲劇的誕生。最近的大螢幕改編作品當屬二○一五年上映的《怪物》 (Victor Frankenstein),該齣電影由保羅麥格根(Paul McGuigan)執導,麥斯蘭迪斯(Max Landis)改編,由《X戰警:天啟》詹姆斯麥艾維(James McAvoy)、《哈利波特》丹尼爾雷德克里夫(Daniel Radcliffe)、潔西卡布朗芬德莉(Jessica Brown Findlay)、安德魯·史考特(Andrew Scott)與卡倫透納(Callum Turner)等人演出,全球票房高達三千四百多萬美元。 The world's most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror. Based on the third edition of 1831, this Penguin Classics edition, with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle, contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. It also includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with "A Fragment" by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's "The Vampyre: A Tale." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
| ■瑪麗.雪萊/Mary Shelley(1797/08/30–1851/02/01) 瑪麗.吳爾史東克拉芙特.雪萊,英國著名小說家、短篇作家、劇作家、隨筆家、傳記作家及旅遊作家,因其一八一八年作品《科學怪人》一書而被譽為科幻小說之母。瑪歷是英國著名浪漫主義詩人和哲學家珀西.比希.雪萊之妻,平時襄助夫婿編輯以及推廣他的著作。雪萊的父親是政治哲學家威廉.戈德溫,母親瑪莉.吳爾史東克拉芙特則是不折不扣的女權主義者和哲學家。 Mary Shelley was born in 1797, the only daughter of writers William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. In 1814 she eloped with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she married in 1816. She is best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, but she wrote several other works, including Valperga and The Last Man. She died in 1851. |
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作者:瑪麗.雪萊/Mary Shelley 叢書系列:Penguin Classics 規格:平裝/Paperback,12.9 x 19.7 x 2.1 cm,352頁 出版商:Penguin Random House 品牌:UK Penguin 出版日期:2003年01月01日 語言:英文 ISBN-13:978-0-141-43947-1 新書。 Condition: New. ★消費滿額可享免運優惠★
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