Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) - Softcover

Shelley, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031219126X ISBN 13: 9780312191269

Publisher: Bedford Books, 2000

Synopsis

This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelley s English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to "Frankenstein" from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms."

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Review:

"Frankenstein is an explosive exploration of the physical and moral chaos that laps at the edges of late-Enlightenment scientific enquiry." --Kathryn Hughes

"How did it happen that this modest gothic tale, which was only about a hundred pages long in its first draft, became caught in a kind of cultural echo chamber, amplifying through the years until, a hundred and sixty-four years later, we have a cereal called Frankenberry [...] an old TV series called The Munsters [...] Aurora Frankenstein model kits [...] and a saying such as He looked like Frankenstein as a kind of apotheosis of ugly?" --Stephen King

"The relevance, aesthetic and moral, of Mary Shelley's novel only augments as we enter more deeply into an era that already has brought us "virtual reality" and seems likely to confront us with cyborgs . Frankenstein" contains one of the most vivid versions of the Romantic mythology of the self." --Harold Bloom

"Mary Shelley, in the midst of the idealists, gives the dark side to the ideal being, showing us Frankenstein s monster." --D. H. Lawrence

"Ageless horror classic." --Hal Hinson

From the Publisher:

Christopher Lee is one of the world's most iconic horror and fantasy actors - coming to prominence with the 1957 film `The Curse of Frankenstein' in which he played Frankenstein's monster. This began a long association with the film studio Hammer - with whom he made a further eleven films including the Transylvanian bloodsucker himself in the 1958 `Dracula', Kharis in `The Mummy' (1959), Sir Henry Baskerville in `The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1959) and Rasputin in `Rasputin, the Mad Monk' (1966). He also starred in two Denis Wheatley films `The Devil Rides Out (1967) and `To the Devil a Daughter' (1976).

Most recently, he has starred in `The Colour of Magic' (2008) `The Golden Compass' (2007), `Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' (2005) & `Star Wars: Attack of the Clones' (2002) and as Saruman in the recent `The Lord of the Rings' trilogy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 031219126X
• ISBN 13: 9780312191269
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 470
• Editor: Smith University Johanna M