Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Victor Frankenstein

  • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: A cautionary tale

    James L. Franklin Chicago, Illinois, United States   Mary Shelley 2018 marked the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. This remarkable work of fiction has inspired a wealth of popular currency in the form of numerous cinematic productions which have grossly distorted the public understanding of the work and obscured…

  • About face: from revulsion to compassion

    Sylvia R. Karasu New York City, New York, United States   L’antigrazioso (“Anti-graceful”) by Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), demonstrating an artist’s abstract rendition of asymmetrical, deformed features.4 Skin Graft (Transplantation) (1924) by Otto Dix1 Winter, 1563 by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593) demonstrating an artist’s rendition of grossly deformed features5   “I was too ugly to go to school,”…