| Description |
xx, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 327-331. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
[Part I. Traditions : looking forwards and backwards] Ambiguous heritage of Frankenstein / George Levine. Frankenstein as mystery play / Judith Wilt. Fire and ice in Frankenstein / Andrew Griffin -- [Part II. Biographical soundings : of mothers and daughters] Female Gothic / Ellen Moers. Thoughts on the aggression of daughters / U.C. Knoepflmacher -- [Part III. Contexts : society and self] Monsters in the garden : Mary Shelley and the bourgeois family / Kate Ellis. Mary Shelley's monster : politics and psyche in Frankenstein / Lee Sterrenburg. Vital artifice : Mary, Percy, and the psychopolitical integrity of Frankenstein / Peter Dale Scott -- [Part IV. Texture : language and the grotesque] "Godlike science / unhallowed arts" : language, nature and monstrosity / Peter Brooks. Frankenstein and comedy / Philip Stevick -- [Part V. Visual progeny : drama and film] Stage and film children of Frankenstein : a survey / Albert J. Lavalley. Coming to life : Frankenstein and the nature of film narrative / William Nestrick. Appendix: "Face to face" : of man-apes, monsters, and readers. |
| Subject |
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
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Science fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
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Scientists in literature.
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Monsters in literature.
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| Indexed Term |
Fiction in English Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein Critical studies |
| Added Author |
Levine, George, 1931-
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Knoepflmacher, U. C.
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| ISBN |
0520036123: $16.95 |
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