How a Volcano Gave Us Frankenstein
A volcanic eruption and a rain-soaked summer set the scene for a remarkable literary gathering. This film connects the weather of 1816 with the ghost-story challenge in which Mary Shelley imagined Frankenstein.
About The Summer That Made Frankenstein
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In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted. The following year became known as the Year Without a Summer. During that rain-soaked summer on Lake Geneva, Lord Byron challenged his friends to write ghost stories. Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley imagined Frankenstein. The same gathering also led to John Polidori's The Vampyre. One lost summer. Two monsters that never died.
Would you have stayed in that villa? 👇 Sources: Mary Shelley's 1831 introduction to Frankenstein; U.S. National Library of Medicine, Frankenstein exhibition (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/frankenstein/exhibition1.html). Magna Logos: mythology, philosophy, history and literature. #Frankenstein #MaryShelley #YearWithoutASummer #Shorts
