A man can achieve immortality by seeing achievement in his work. ... Mary Shelley was not aware of just how far her book would end up going. ... Frankenstein listens in on Professor Waldman's lecture over philosophy, and he explains, "But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pour over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the Invisible world with its own shadows." (Shelley 28-29) Wald...

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At the same time, the whole name is a mocking appellation for his own works because in the language of nineteenth century book-publishers, 'grass' was used to denote works of minor value. This expression of humility and self-irony diverts from the idea that Whitman, looking for connections with nature, is describing himself as a sort of genius, a superior being, demiurge of incomparable works. ... The man, Whitman, and the child overlap: disenchantment and curiosity are peculiar to the child and to the poet as well and they urge them to overcome the first perception of reality mak...

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