Frankenstein Lectures

Titus & Paul Cantor discuss Frankenstein on its 200th an.--the novel, its history on the stage in the 19th c., & various movie adaptations in the 20th c. We talk about the genius of Mary Shelley & the rarity of a new myth being created by a single person under the historical spotlight! We talk about Enlightenment, Romantic poetry, & how new technologies of communication provoke nostalgic storytelling. Podcast

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lectures

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Tennyson's In Memoriam in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Darwin’s Origin of Species in this lecture series. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Robert Browning’s Caliban upon Setebos in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Edwin Abbott's Flatland in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives & Daughters in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains H.G. Wells’s Island of Dr. Moreau in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lecture

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

The Invisible Man provides a vehicle for exploring a larger set of economic and political problems that preoccupied him throughout his career. Essay

Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! comically subverts the ideology of the standard American flying saucer movies of the 1950s. They celebrated the federal government as the American people’s savior, portraying a military-scientific elite dealing effectively with extraterrestrial threats to the US. Burton’s film debunks elites and suggests that a motley assortment of ordinary people would be more successful in dealing with an invasion from Mars. Chapter 4

Wells's The Time Machine reveals the profound profound connection between imperialism and modernism. Essay