Making Humans: "Frankenstein" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau" - Softcover

Richardson, Alan; Wells, H. G.; Wilt, Judith; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

 
9780618084890: Making Humans: "Frankenstein" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau"

Synopsis

In pairing these two famous gothic science fiction novels for the first time, this volume provides a rare opportunity to explore numerous topics common to both texts, such as the nature of the human and the limits and promises of the proliferating natural sciences in the 19th century. Additional works include writings by other 19th-century authors (including Darwin, Huxley, and Tennyson) and modern critics.

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Synopsis

Presents the complete text of the two novels along with critical essays on the works.

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