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Author Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851, author.

Title Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 4, 2017).
Contents Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus Vol. 1 -- Vol. 2 -- Vol. 3 -- Introduction to Frankenstein (1831) -- Chronology of Science and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- ESSAYS -- Traumatic Responsibility: Victor Frankenstein as Creator and Casualty -- I've Created a Monster! (And So Can You) -- Changing Conceptions of Human Nature -- Undisturbed by Reality: Victor Frankenstein's Technoscientific Dream of Reason -- Frankenstein Reframed: Or, the Trouble with Prometheus -- Frankenstein, Gender, and Mother Nature -- The Bitter Aftertaste of Technical Sweetness.
Summary This new critical edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was developed by leading scholars for aspiring scientists, engineers, and medical professionals. This unique framing will make this a core text in promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary dialogue on the nature, roles, and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society. To be published in time for the 2018 bicentennial of its original publication, this edition will be produced in print and as an enhanced e-book. The e-book will contain the full text of the novel (in the public domain) plus all of the substantial scholarly material that was commissioned and developed for this new edition, including essays by leading scholars, and will be most valuable to students and teachers of ethics. Digital features will include include reader annotation, bookmarking, and multimedia content.
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Subject Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01734569
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01750124
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft) (OCoLC)fst01357605
Scientists -- Fiction.
Monsters -- Fiction.
Science in literature.
FICTION -- Science Fiction -- General.
FICTION -- Gothic.
Monsters. (OCoLC)fst01025752
Science in literature. (OCoLC)fst01108731
Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
Genre/Form Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Horror fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921684
Gothic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921675
Frame stories. (OCoLC)fst01750205
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Epistolary fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726597
Science fiction.
Horror fiction.
Monster fiction.
Horror fiction.
Science fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Frame stories.
Epistolary fiction.
Novels.
Added Author Guston, David H., editor.
Finn, Ed, 1980- editor.
Robert, Jason Scott, editor.
Added Title Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Modern Prometheus
Other Form: Print version: 9780262533287 0262533286 (DLC) 2016041014 (OCoLC)958796621
ISBN 9780262340267 (electronic book)
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9780262340274 (electronic book)
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