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- Title
'Hail, Mary, the Mother of Science Fiction': Popular fictionalisations of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in film and television, 1935-2018.
- Authors
de Bruin-Molé, Megen
- Abstract
This article uses fictional depictions of Mary Shelley as the 'mother' of sf to explore how gendered images of the Romantic genius continue to influence our perception of women in genre fiction. It introduces the concept of the Romantic authorship and reviews Shelley's legacy as the mother of sf, and then analyses Shelley's fictionalised appearances on-screen: in film, television and new media, from 1935 to the present. This analysis demonstrates that even in fictions depicting Shelley as an author in her own right, she is still marked by a gendered understanding of how women should function creatively. The way female authors are fictionalised (as opposed to how they are depicted in biographical or academic texts) reflects our expectations of women in the creative industries more broadly.
- Subjects
FICTION writing; SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851; SCIENCE fiction writing; SCIENCE fiction; WOMEN authors; CULTURAL industries
- Publication
Science Fiction Film & Television, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 2, p233
- ISSN
1754-3770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3828/sfftv.2018.17