Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)

Shelley, Mary

ISBN 10: 031219126X / ISBN 13: 9780312191269

Published by Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000

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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.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary ...
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition