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John Cabot University in collaboration with the Keats-Shelley House Rome, is delighted to present our co-sponsored #FrankenReads event: the inaugural lecture in our Literature Matters Series given by esteemed poet and writer Professor Fiona Sampson, the author of “In Search of Mary Shelley: the girl who wrote Frankenstein.”
In her words, “Mary Shelley’s is a life that was shaped, possibly limited, yet arguably also redeemed by literature. Admittedly, she is a special case. Nevertheless, the true story of the precocious talent who produced two of our culture’s most enduring archetypes – the overreaching scientist Frankenstein, and the not quite human he creates – has much to teach us about the writing life and what it can achieve.”
Leading up to the lecture on Halloween, we will do a read-a-thon of Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus with a series of popup readings around campus. Additionally, every Wednesday for the month of October, we will screen a film related to Frankenstein or Mary Shelley and a discussion will follow.
