 |
William Veeder | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 14, 1940 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame University of Iowa University of California, Berkeley Iowa Writers' Workshop |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literature |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
William Veeder (born September 14,1940) is a scholar of 19th-century American and British literature and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Chicago.
William Veeder was born on September 14,1940,in Denver,Colorado to Virginia Holderness and author William H. Veeder. He grew up in Arlington,Virginia.
William Veeder completed his undergraduate studies at Notre Dame,and then spent two years at the University of Iowa Writers’Workshop,where he earned his Master of Fine Arts. [1] Veeder received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969,and joined the faculty at the University of Chicago that same year.
William Veeder’s critical methodology is primarily rooted in psychoanalysis and gender theory,but he is also a strong advocate of close reading,a critical approach whereby “one gets to content through form”. [1] He is guided by a quote from an art criticism essay written by Henry James,in which James asserted,“In the arts,feeling is always meaning.”Veeder begins his classes with this quote,usually underlining the words “always”and "meaning”and capitalizing the word “always.” [2]
Veeder has been working for over 40 years on a historical novel named "Pierce" about Ambrose Bierce and Emma Frances Dawson,which as of 2023 was unpublished. [1]
Veeder's publications include:
His essays have appeared in:
John William Polidori was a British writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the short story "The Vampyre" (1819),the first published modern vampire story. Although the story was at first erroneously credited to Lord Byron,both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the author was Polidori.
Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alter ego,Mr. Edward Hyde,is the central character of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In the story,he is a good friend of main protagonist Gabriel John Utterson.
Van Helsing is a 2004 action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as monster hunter Van Helsing and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. Van Helsing is both an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and 1940s,of which Sommers is a fan.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Victor Frankenstein,with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein's monster,and co-stars Tom Hulce,Helena Bonham Carter,Ian Holm,John Cleese,Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn. Considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel,Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus,despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel,the film follows a medical student named Victor Frankenstein who creates new life in the form of a monster composed of various corpses' body parts.
"The Vampyre" is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori,taken from the story told by Lord Byron as part of a contest among Polidori,Mary Shelley,Lord Byron,and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus. "The Vampyre" is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre."
Valperga:or,the Life and Adventures of Castruccio,Prince of Lucca is an 1823 historical novel by the Romantic novelist Mary Shelley,set amongst the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
Falkner (1837) is the penultimate book published by the author Mary Shelley. Like Shelley's earlier novel Lodore (1835),it charts a young woman's education under a tyrannical father figure.
Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein,a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18,and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818,when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition,which was published in Paris in 1821.
St. Irvyne;or,The Rosicrucian:A Romance is a Gothic horror novel written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1810 and published by John Joseph Stockdale in December of that year,dated 1811,in London anonymously as "by a Gentleman of the University of Oxford" while the author was an undergraduate. The main character is Wolfstein,a solitary wanderer,who encounters Ginotti,an alchemist of the Rosicrucian or Rose Cross Order who seeks to impart the secret of immortality. The book was reprinted in 1822 by Stockdale and in 1840 in The Romancist and the Novelist's Library:The Best Works of the Best Authors,Vol. III,edited by William Hazlitt. The novella was a follow-up to Shelley's first prose work,Zastrozzi,published earlier in 1810. St. Irvyne was republished in 1986 by Oxford University Press as part of the World's Classics series along with Zastrozzi and in 2002 by Broadview Press.
Jay Clayton is an American literary critic who is known for his work on the relationship between nineteenth-century culture and postmodernism. He has published influential works on Romanticism and the novel,Neo-Victorian literature,steampunk,hypertext fiction,online games,contemporary American fiction,technology in literature,and genetics in literature and film. He is the William R. Kenan,Jr. Professor of English and director of the Curb Center for Art,Enterprise,and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an 1886 novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It is about a London lawyer,Gabriel John Utterson,who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend,Dr. Henry Jekyll and the misanthropic Mr. Hyde. In a twist ending,it is revealed that Jekyll and Hyde were the same person,and that Jekyll had regularly transformed himself into Hyde by drinking a serum.
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole is an American adult stop motion-animated television series created by Dino Stamatopoulos for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. The series premiered on June 27,2010 and ended on March 25,2012,with a total of 20 episodes,over the course of 2 seasons.
Monster literature is a genre of literature that combines good and evil and intends to evoke a sensation of horror and terror in its readers by presenting the evil side in the form of a monster.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus (1818),which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband,the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire was a poetry collection written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and his sister Elizabeth which was printed by Charles and William Phillips in Worthing and published by John Joseph Stockdale in September 1810. The work was Shelley's first published volume of poetry. Shelley wrote the poems in collaboration with his sister Elizabeth. The poems were written before Shelley entered the University of Oxford.
Explorers of the Infinite:Shapers of Science Fiction is a work of collective biography on the formative authors of the science fiction genre by Sam Moskowitz,first published in hardcover by the World Publishing Company in 1963,and reprinted in trade paperback in 1966. A photographic reprint of the original edition was issued in both hardcover and trade paperback by Hyperion Press in 1974. Most of its chapters are revised versions of articles that initially appeared in the magazines Satellite Science Fiction and Fantastic Science Fiction Stories from 1958-1960.
Science fiction theatre includes live dramatic works,but generally not cinema or television programmes. It has long been overshadowed by its literary and broadcast counterparts,but has an extensive history,and via the play R.U.R. introduced the word robot into global usage.
Frankenstein is a 1973 American television movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus adapted by Sam Hall and Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis,with Robert Foxworth in the title role and Bo Svenson as the Monster.
Since the initial publication of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus in 1818,there has existed uncertainty about the extent to which Mary Shelley's husband,Percy Bysshe Shelley,contributed to the text. Whilst the novel was conceived and mainly written by Mary,Percy is known to have provided input in editing and publishing the manuscript. Some critics have alleged that Percy had a greater role—even the majority role—in the creation of the novel,though mainstream scholars have generally dismissed these claims as exaggerated or unsubstantiated. Based on a transcription of the original manuscript,it is currently believed that Percy contributed between 4,000 and 5,000 words to the 72,000 word novel.
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter is a 2017 novel by Theodora Goss. It is her debut novel,though she is an author of many short works. Strange Caseis the first installment of The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series,and is followed by European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman. The story follows Mary Jekyll,daughter of the literary character Dr. Jekyll, as she meets and connects with the fictional daughters of major literary characters,and works with and faces various famous 19th century literary personae,including Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson,Frankenstein's monster,and others to solve the mystery of a series of killings in London,as well as the mystery of her own family story. Drawing on classic gothic and horror creations of the 19th century,such as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll &Mr. Hyde,Frankenstein,Rappaccini's Daughter,The Island of Doctor Moreau,Dracula and the Sherlock Holmes stories,Goss reimagines the works of such literary greats as Mary Shelley,Robert Louis Stevenson,H. G. Wells,Bram Stoker and Nathaniel Hawthorne from a feminist perspective,as well as the historical record of the Jack the Ripper murders. At the center of the narrative is the connection and various experiences of the women who form the Athena Club,the oppressions they experience,and how they empower each other to accomplish great things.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
