As Penny Dreadful's superb first season reaches its close, Becky traces the literary origins of its monsters...
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In the final episode of John Logan’s exceptional Penny Dreadful, Frankenstein’s Creature, here named Caliban, declares that ‘the monster is not in my face, but in my soul’. The concept of the monster is a key theme across the show’s narrative as each character not only wrestles with vampiric monstrosities, but also their own personal demons. In doing so, the show skilfully combines the concerns of the nineteenth century literature from which it draws its inspiration, but also the fascination with monsters of its twenty-first century audience.
One of the most interesting aspects of Penny Dreadful is how it has used various themes from the literature on which it is based to plumb the depths of its characters, both those from the novels and those invented for the show.
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In the final episode of John Logan’s exceptional Penny Dreadful, Frankenstein’s Creature, here named Caliban, declares that ‘the monster is not in my face, but in my soul’. The concept of the monster is a key theme across the show’s narrative as each character not only wrestles with vampiric monstrosities, but also their own personal demons. In doing so, the show skilfully combines the concerns of the nineteenth century literature from which it draws its inspiration, but also the fascination with monsters of its twenty-first century audience.
One of the most interesting aspects of Penny Dreadful is how it has used various themes from the literature on which it is based to plumb the depths of its characters, both those from the novels and those invented for the show.
- 7/10/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Touted as a psychosexual horror series (on pay cable, the sexual half is a given), Penny Dreadful will find the likes of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, characters from Dracula, and more, embroiled in Victorian London. The series "weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation."
A precursor to pulps and Ya lit, the term Penny Dreadful refers to novels and serials of a sensational, thrilling (and cheap) nature aimed at Victorians as literacy rates rocketed in 1800s England. As it's early, there's no word on on other characters of the era expected to show, but there's plenty to choose from; Sweeney Todd first appeared in Penny Dreadful, The String Of Pearls (pictured left).
Penny Dreadful heads into production in the latter half of 2013. ...
A precursor to pulps and Ya lit, the term Penny Dreadful refers to novels and serials of a sensational, thrilling (and cheap) nature aimed at Victorians as literacy rates rocketed in 1800s England. As it's early, there's no word on on other characters of the era expected to show, but there's plenty to choose from; Sweeney Todd first appeared in Penny Dreadful, The String Of Pearls (pictured left).
Penny Dreadful heads into production in the latter half of 2013. ...
- 1/13/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Touted as a psychosexual horror series (on pay cable, the sexual half is a given), Penny Dreadful will find the likes of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, characters from Dracula, and more, embroiled in Victorian London. The series "weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation."
A precursor to pulps and Ya lit, the term Penny Dreadful refers to novels and serials of a sensational, thrilling (and cheap) nature aimed at Victorians as literacy rates rocketed in 1800s England. As it's early, there's no word on on other characters of the era expected to show, but there's plenty to choose from; Sweeney Todd first appeared in Penny Dreadful, The String Of Pearls (pictured left).
Penny Dreadful heads into production in the latter half of 2013. ...
A precursor to pulps and Ya lit, the term Penny Dreadful refers to novels and serials of a sensational, thrilling (and cheap) nature aimed at Victorians as literacy rates rocketed in 1800s England. As it's early, there's no word on on other characters of the era expected to show, but there's plenty to choose from; Sweeney Todd first appeared in Penny Dreadful, The String Of Pearls (pictured left).
Penny Dreadful heads into production in the latter half of 2013. ...
- 1/13/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Touted as a psychosexual horror series (on pay cable, the sexual half is a given), Penny Dreadful will find the likes of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, characters from Dracula, and more, embroiled in Victorian London. The series "weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation."
A precursor to pulps and Ya lit, the term Penny Dreadful refers to novels and serials of a sensational, thrilling (and cheap) nature aimed at Victorians as literacy rates rocketed in 1800s England. As it's early, there's no word on on other characters of the era expected to show, but there's plenty to choose from; Sweeney Todd first appeared in Penny Dreadful, The String Of Pearls (pictured left).
Penny Dreadful heads into production in the latter half of 2013. ...
A precursor to pulps and Ya lit, the term Penny Dreadful refers to novels and serials of a sensational, thrilling (and cheap) nature aimed at Victorians as literacy rates rocketed in 1800s England. As it's early, there's no word on on other characters of the era expected to show, but there's plenty to choose from; Sweeney Todd first appeared in Penny Dreadful, The String Of Pearls (pictured left).
Penny Dreadful heads into production in the latter half of 2013. ...
- 1/13/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
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