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Frankenstein
Romanticism
Romanticism in art and literature was based in part on the feeling of optimism about possibilities that pervaded Western Culture after the American and French revolution
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Gothic Literature
It can also mean "medieval" referring to the historical period associated with castles and knights in armor.
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In literature the term applies to works with a brooding atmosphere that emphasize the unknown and inspire fear
They feature wild and remote settings such as haunted castles or wind blasted moors and their plots involve violent or mysterious events
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Galvanism
In the 1780s Luigi Galvani a professor of anatomy conducted experiments on animal tissue using a machine that could produce electrical sparks.
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The theory was incorrect but he had proven that muscles contracted in response to an electrical stimulus
Time and Place
The novel takes place in the late 1700s in various parts of Europe especially Switzerland and Germany and in the Arctic.
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