Now THIS is what the web was created for! I’m not kidding.
Recently, on Halloween last, the existing manuscript of Frankenstein was made freely available online. That’s all of Mary
Shelley’s original notebooks, the drafts and copies in her own hand. Every page up for scrutiny, accompanied by
corresponding transcription, and you can toggle to highlight Mary’s handwriting
or Percy Shelley’s annotations and editing. Until two months ago, consulting
these materials would have required extensive travel in England and the United
States and very privileged access to scattered institutions. Now, these
original documents are accessible for study on your personal computer or
tablet.
This remarkable initiative required generous funding — in
large part by America’s National Endowment for the Humanities — and the
concerted efforts of several institutions, notably Oxford’s Bodleian Library
and the New York Public Library. The project’s impressive Advisory Board and
tech experts include the contribution of the ever-eminent Charles E. Robinson,
author of The Frankenstein Notebooks,
who provides an invaluable introduction and a Frankenstein chronology.
Frankenstein is only
the first offering in a proposed web-based archive of the entire works of
“England’s First Family of Writers”, namely Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, her
husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary’s parents, Mary Wollstonecraft and John
Goodwin.
It speaks to the enduring importance of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
that it should be the first work of the
Shelley-Godwin Archives to be published online. The study of Frankenstein has taken an astonishing leap forward.
4 comments:
Bravo, FRANKENSTEINIA -- and congratulations, Pierre!
As dramaturg for a new stage adaptation, this seems like a good time to thank you for what looks to be an invaluable resource, and an all-around excellent blog. Well done!
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