SOURCE: "The Negative Oedipus: Father, Frankenstein, and the Shelleys," in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter, 1986, pp. 365-90.
In the essay that follows, Veeder emphasizes the significance of Shelley's relationship with her father, examining less its latent aggressiveness than its latent desire. In order to make his argument, Veeder invokes Freudian psychoanalysis, describing Shelley and Godwin's relationship through the structure of a negative oedipal complex.
