517 - The History of Frankenstein
Do Go On17 Sep 2025

517 - The History of Frankenstein

This week we look at the tragic and fascinating life of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and explore how the novel she started writing as an 18 year old, changed popular culture forever.


Content warning: This episode contains references to suicide, birth trauma and miscarriage.


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:15 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.


REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley

https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/march-2018-mary-shelleys-frankenstein

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/frankenstein-at-200-why-hasnt-mary-shelley-been-given-the-respect-she-deserves-

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein

https://museumofidaho.org/mary-shelley-and-the-heart-in-the-drawer/

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/galvani-discovers-animal-electricity

Frankenstein is More Horrific Than You Might Think | Monstrum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYyBdg4emI

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/24/featuresreviews.guardianreview1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft

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