Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: Presumption: or the Fate of Frankenstein

  • Now on the TEDx Channel:

    Now on the TEDx Channel:

    The Resilience of Frankenstein. [The following is a transcript of my TEDx talk on Mary Shelley and resilience, presented in Rea Auditorium, Sewickley PA, May 11. 2024. The video is currently streaming on the TEDx Channel.] It occurs to me that when I think about resilience, I think everything I’ve learned comes from a novel…

  • Frankenstein, Karloff, and Spike the Mutant

    “I was euphoric in June. Look where we are now.” So begins a new essay in the New York Times that considers how the summer we hoped for got preempted by Covid-Delta. That’s the thing with monsters. You can never be sure they’re gone for good. Cartoon by Dana Summers, Copyright 2021 Tribune Content Agency,…