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- Title
Frames, Vanishing Points and Blindness: Frankenstein and the Field of Vision.
- Authors
Greenshields, Will
- Abstract
Whilst the preponderance of references made in Frankenstein to the instruments and organs of the visual field has been repeatedly acknowledged by the text's readers, little sustained attention has been paid to the field that these instruments and organs both construct and occupy. In this paper we will examine the particularity of this field, outlining its structure (the vanishing points and framing), content (its peculiarities and obscurities) and subjects (their modes of witnessing and blindness). Opening with an analysis of Walton's visual field qua desirous fantasy in light of his reference to "keeping", we closely study the visual fields constructed by the artistic, scientific and profane eyes of Shelley, Frankenstein, Clerval and the monster.
- Subjects
FRANKENSTEIN: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Book); VISUAL fields; ATTENTION; FANTASY (Psychology)
- Publication
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
0975-2935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21659/rupkatha.v10n2.18