In this first episode of the Frankenstein Revision Masterclass Podcast, we travel back to the stormy summer of 1816 — the “year without a summer.” Trapped indoors by bad weather at Lake Geneva, Mary Shelley and her circle of writers began a ghost story contest that would spark one of literature’s most enduring Gothic novels. We’ll explore how Gothic settings, storms, and Romantic ideas of nature shaped Frankenstein. The episode ends with practical exam tips, showing how to connect these origins directly to AO2 and AO3 in your essays.
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In this first episode of the Frankenstein Revision Masterclass Podcast, we travel back to the stormy summer of 1816 — the “year without a summer.” Trapped indoors by bad weather at Lake Geneva, Mary Shelley and her circle of writers began a ghost story contest that would spark one of literature’s most enduring Gothic novels. We’ll explore how Gothic settings, storms, and Romantic ideas of nature shaped Frankenstein. The episode ends with practical exam tips, showing how to connect these origins directly to AO2 and AO3 in your essays.
Frankenstein Revision Episode 6 Nature, the Sublime & Isolation in Frankenstein
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Frankenstein Revision Episode 6 Nature, the Sublime & Isolation in Frankenstein
In Episode 6 we study nature, the sublime, and isolation in Frankenstein. Shelley uses sublime landscapes (AO1) to mirror ambition and despair (AO2), reworking Romantic ideas of nature (AO3). Critics (AO5) highlight eco-critical, feminist, and psychoanalytic views. The novel warns that isolation, not storms, is humanity’s greatest danger.
Beyond the Page: A-Level Lit Unlocked
In this first episode of the Frankenstein Revision Masterclass Podcast, we travel back to the stormy summer of 1816 — the “year without a summer.” Trapped indoors by bad weather at Lake Geneva, Mary Shelley and her circle of writers began a ghost story contest that would spark one of literature’s most enduring Gothic novels. We’ll explore how Gothic settings, storms, and Romantic ideas of nature shaped Frankenstein. The episode ends with practical exam tips, showing how to connect these origins directly to AO2 and AO3 in your essays.
