Click on the link below to access a History Channel documentary that attempts to explore the historical context of Shelley's novel. The music is far too melodramatic and some of the re-enactments are horrific - unfortunately not in the gothic sense - BUT there is still some very useful contextual information here. The scientific context is impressive. Biographical detail is often irrelevant when considering the thematic heart of a text as the text itself is our only consideration, but an understanding of historical context is central to a more considered appreciation of some of the issues being explored by Shelley. This link to You Tube will access the first 10 minute segment of a fifty minute documentary. Students can navigate through the relevant segments from this initial link. Click on link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QsDyItTSBY
A2 students should be reading the novel. I may begin our study of the text in the next lesson.
MLR.
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