The Endurance of Frankenstein : essays on Mary Shelley's novel

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Other Authors: Levine, George, 1931- (Editor), Knoepflmacher, U. C. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1979.
Subjects:
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851. > Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, Victor > (Fictitious character)
Frankenstein's Monster > (Fictitious character)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft <1797-1851> / Frankenstein.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851 > Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
Shelley, Mary > 1797-1851 > Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). > Frankenstein.
Frankenstein > (personnage fictif)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. > Frankenstein.
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)
Science fiction, English > History and criticism.
Horror tales, English > History and criticism.
Scientists in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Récits d'horreur anglais > Histoire et critique.
Scientifiques dans la littérature.
Monstres dans la littérature.
Horror tales, English.
Science fiction, English.
Aufsatzsammlung
Aufsatzsammlung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of 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.

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