tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post778528195067005794..comments2023-07-17T02:37:04.823-07:00Comments on More Than Words:: The Frankenstein Diaries, 'translated from the original German and edited by The Reverend Hubert Venables', (Charles Herridge, 1980)Zoë Sadokierskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249152683453963642noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-44093356144301026512012-09-15T11:04:51.452-07:002012-09-15T11:04:51.452-07:00I would say that Stewart Cowley is the author, not...I would say that Stewart Cowley is the author, not the amamnusis.Ken Quallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043335765343704915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-31436056935287657682011-01-10T08:15:48.705-08:002011-01-10T08:15:48.705-08:00This is very good information for example when I t...This is very good information for example when I take my <a href="http://www.iservepharmacy.com/" rel="nofollow">generic viagra</a> I turn in a complete Frankenstein of love, I know it could be rare but it's really true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-18364360422671501602007-08-19T12:19:00.000-07:002007-08-19T12:19:00.000-07:00Fictional autobiography - love it! I guess most au...Fictional autobiography - love it! I guess most autobiographies contain their fair share of fiction; some more than others. Also true of people's perceptions of themselves: memories are based on situations which are often perceived differently by different people - depending on world views, moods, intoxication, etc... One's remembered past is merely a version of events.greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077566603593322199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-7340458769412408322007-08-15T23:34:00.000-07:002007-08-15T23:34:00.000-07:00I love that it is so ambiguous. I remember watchin...I love that it is so ambiguous. I remember watching Spinal Tap for the first time (I was young) and not understanding 'till about halfway through that it was a spoof - I'd never encountered a mockumentary, and to be fair, rockstars ARE pretty ridiculous. The ability to achieve that kind of suspension of disbelief in an audience is fascinating. It provides a really unstable relationship between Zoë Sadokierskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249152683453963642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-12774578061697425882007-08-14T11:55:00.000-07:002007-08-14T11:55:00.000-07:00As far as I can make out, it's written by a Hubert...As far as I can make out, it's written by a Hubert Venables, but the 'translated from the original German and edited..' bit on the title page is part of the fiction.greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077566603593322199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-49181860670759405652007-08-14T03:43:00.000-07:002007-08-14T03:43:00.000-07:00It has to be part of the fiction - the Reverend Hu...It has to be part of the fiction - the Reverend Hubert Venables must be an alias, but I don't know who for. Googling doesn't help. Will check the book when I get home...greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077566603593322199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-68115617702120588552007-08-13T21:18:00.000-07:002007-08-13T21:18:00.000-07:00Is this really a translation from the German or is...Is this really a translation from the German or is that part of the fiction? Any idea who the real author is?terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320170883706242103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-83337248815792583912007-08-13T14:56:00.000-07:002007-08-13T14:56:00.000-07:00Yep - and the diary reproductions perform a differ...Yep - and the diary reproductions perform a different, visual form of characterisation in that the surface of the page has visibily been 'created' by the diarist. When we read a handwritten letter in real life, we read the personality behind the letter shapes at the same time we read the content. It's the same here (only they're German shapes and I can't understand them). But it's an interesting greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077566603593322199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825767907773623517.post-8197662031802583032007-08-12T15:55:00.000-07:002007-08-12T15:55:00.000-07:00Hi Greg,This is a fascinating example of a 're-ill...Hi Greg,<BR/>This is a fascinating example of a 're-illustrated' text.<BR/><BR/>I think your analysis of the graphic elements having three functions is really relevant - and I think there is a larger point in here. Suspension of disbelief (through the 'evidence' of documents) and characterisation (through Dr Frankenstein's diary) are both visual embellishments, additional layers to the existing Zoë Sadokierskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249152683453963642noreply@blogger.com