Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo: Nueva traducción al español

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Guillermo Tirelli (Translator)

249 pages, Hardcover

Published February 23, 2025

About the author

Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the works of her husband, Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was the daughter of the political philosopher William Godwin and the writer, philosopher, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Shelley was taken seriously as a writer in her own lifetime, though reviewers often missed the political edge to her novels. After her death, however, she was chiefly remembered only as the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein. It was not until 1989, when Emily Sunstein published her prizewinning biography Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality, that a full-length scholarly biography analyzing all of Shelley's letters, journals, and works within their historical context was published.

The well-meaning attempts of Mary Shelley's son and daughter-in-law to "Victorianise" her memory through the censoring of letters and biographical material contributed to a perception of Mary Shelley as a more conventional, less reformist figure than her works suggest. Her own timid omissions from Percy Shelley's works and her quiet avoidance of public controversy in the later years of her life added to this impression.

The eclipse of Mary Shelley's reputation as a novelist and biographer meant that, until the last thirty years, most of her works remained out of print, obstructing a larger view of her achievement. She was seen as a one-novel author, if that. In recent decades, however, the republication of almost all her writings has stimulated a new recognition of its value. Her voracious reading habits and intensive study, revealed in her journals and letters and reflected in her works, is now better appreciated. Shelley's recognition of herself as an author has also been recognized; after Percy's death, she wrote about her authorial ambitions: "I think that I can maintain myself, and there is something inspiriting in the idea". Scholars now consider Mary Shelley to be a major Romantic figure, significant for her literary achievement and her political voice as a woman and a liberal.

Reviews

[The Bookie Munster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely in love with this book!!! 💚💚💚💚💚 took me ages to finish because I wanted to ponder every single chapter. The way is written is so mesmerizing! I loved that the author is a woman and most of the characters are males. What made it specifically interesting was the way the characters described their feelings. It was like male feelings for the female gaze if that makes sense. Family and friendship values were extraordinary as well. Loved that the main character lacks childhood trauma. Loved the monster’s growth too. Loved everything. Type shit.✨
I urgently require a prettier copy 🎀🤷🏻‍♀️

[Hester Prynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dios creó al hombre y le expulsó del Edén. Condenados a la soledad, nos vemos abocados a un estado de naturaleza donde el mundo resulta hostil y cruel, especialmente para aquellos cuya ingenuidad rebasa cualquier convención social. La creación de Víctor Frankenstein también es condenado a la soledad, a vivir en la hostilidad del mundo y enfrentarse desde su creación a una humanidad que ha perdido el sentido de la compasión y la afectividad a causa de las convenciones y la aparencialidad.