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SUMMARY:Frankenstein! Myth\, Monster\, and Popular Culture
LOCATION:Liberty Branch Library\nLiberty Branch Library
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DESCRIPTION:Hear about the history of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein\, which l
 aunched the horror and science fiction genre and dominated popular culture
  for two centuries. Registration required..\nhttps://delawarelibrary.libne
 t.info/event/11150139
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Mary Shelley&rsquo\;s 1818 novel&nbsp\;Fra
 nkenstein&nbsp\;towers over Western literature as one&nbsp\;of the most in
 fluential novels ever written and science&rsquo\;s most enduring myth.&nbs
 p\; OSU professor\, Linda Mizejewski\, will be here to discuss how Franken
 stein launched the horror and science fiction genres that have dominated p
 opular culture for two centuries\, developing into the monster-in-the-hous
 e tradition of&nbsp\;<em>Psycho&nbsp\;</em>and serial-killer movies. This 
 presentation explores the richness of the Frankenstein tradition in film a
 nd literature\, the gendered implications of the motherless monster\, and 
 the social and psychological meanings of the monster who will not die.&nbs
 p\; Registration Required.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Speaker</strong></p>\
 n<p><a href="https://wgss.osu.edu/people/mizejewski.1">Linda Mizejewski</a
 > is a professor of Women&rsquo\;s Studies at the Ohio State University wi
 th a research focus on women in popular culture. She has published a numbe
 r of books on this subject\, particularly on the topic of women performers
  and the female investigator character in cinema\, television\, and best-s
 elling novels. Prof. Mizejewski has been a Fulbright Lecturer in Slovakia 
 and Romania\, and her research has been supported by the National Endowmen
 t for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. In 200
 4\, she was a winner of Ohio State&rsquo\;s Alumni Award for Distinguished
  Teaching.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><img src="https://static.
 libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/delawarelibrary/Mary_Shelley_Frankenste
 in.jpg" title="Frankenstein" width="276" height="465" alt="" /> &nbsp\; &n
 bsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><a href="https://www.oh
 iohumanities.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://static
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 or.jpg" title="Ohio Humanities" width="500" height="149" alt="Ohio Humanit
 ies" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><a href="https://www.neh
 .gov/"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/delawar
 elibrary/NEH-Preferred-Seal820-logo.jpg" alt="National Endowment for the H
 umanities seal logo" width="300" height="136" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-a
 lign: justify\;">This program is made possible by funding from the&nbsp\;<
 a href="https://www.ohiohumanities.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oh
 io Humanities</a>\, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Hu
 manities. The&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speakers-burea
 u/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau
 ">Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau</a>&nbsp\;programs provide the tools fo
 r thoughtful conversation\, facilitation\, and reflection on topics releva
 nt to Ohioans today. Scholars in the fields of history\, literature\, phil
 osophy\, law\, and archaeology have been engaging audiences and inspiring 
 conversation for over 20 years.</p>\n<p>This program is made possible\, in
  part\, by Ohio Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 
 Any views\, findings\, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this (p
 ublication/program/exhibition/website) do not necessarily represent those 
 of Ohio Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.</p>\nhttp
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