tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post3736183375254508095..comments2024-03-29T03:14:50.002-04:00Comments on Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog: Frankenstein's WombPierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-10065212472811422482008-11-25T18:08:00.000-05:002008-11-25T18:08:00.000-05:00Danel: Much has been made about Dipple and the cas...Danel: Much has been made about Dipple and the castle at Burg Frankenstein, but its all conjecture. The only known fact is that the Shelley party landed at Gernsheim on a September afternoon, to sail again at dawn. It’s possible that the Shelleys made a quick tour of the area and might even have taken a carriage ride out to the castle ruins, but there is no mention of it in their copious diaries or Mary’s letters and detailed travel notes. It’s possible Mary might have heard the Dipple legends, assuming an English-speaking interlocutor, or information translated from German by Percy, but the only scientist she ever mentioned as an inspiration of sorts was Erasmus Darwin. The list of experimenters since associated with the Shelleys and said to have directly influenced Frankenstein is as long as that of the suspects in the JFK assassination. <BR/><BR/>The Dipple connection is interesting, to be sure, but it is pure speculation.Pierre Fournierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-13644186744648783842008-11-25T14:12:00.000-05:002008-11-25T14:12:00.000-05:00Was it an unlikely visit in reality? I always foun...Was it an unlikely visit in reality? I always found the connections between Mary's Frankenstein and the local legends of Dippel to be pretty staggering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-16957680630741135612008-11-25T13:00:00.000-05:002008-11-25T13:00:00.000-05:00I am very excited for this.I am very excited for this.mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.com