| Description |
1 online resource (xlvii, 327 pages) : illustrations |
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Hackett classics |
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Hackett classics.
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| Contents |
Frankenstein : the 1818 edition -- Related Texts. Frankenstein : the introduction to the 1831 edition ; Percy Shelley to Thomas Love Peacock, from Mary W. Shelley and Percy B. Shelley, A History of a six weeks' tour (1817) ; Polidori's diary for the period he was in contact with Mary Godwin/Shelley ; "Prometheus," from Edward Baldwin [i.e. William Godwin], The Pantheon (1806) ; Humphry Davy, "historical view of the progress of chemistry" from Elements of chemical philosophy (1812) ; From Erasmus Darwin, The Temple of nature (1803) ; From Giovanni Aldini, An Account of the late improvements in galvanism (1803) ; From John Abernethy, An Enquiry into the probability and rationality of Mr. Hunter's theory of life (1814) ; William Lawrence, "on life," from An Introduction to comparative anatomy and physiology (1816) ; From John Barrow, "Lord Selkirk and the north-west company," in the Quarterly Review, volume 16, number 31 (October 1816) ; The reviews |
| Summary |
"This will be an edition of the 1818 text of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. An Introduction by David Wootton, with edited related texts and notes, makes this volume accessible and useful for undergraduate readers, as well as general-interest audiences"-- Provided by publisher |
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"In this new edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, David Wootton's Introduction gives the reader both a clear and gripping account of the biographical circumstances that led to the novel's writing and the most striking and original interpretations of its central themes and of the intellectual and cultural influences on them. Offering a new account of the complex history of its composition, and drawing upon his deep knowledge of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific debates, Wootton reveals the ways in which the origins of Shelley's novel are inextricably linked to conceptions of the origins of life itself. We have here a transformative reading of one of the world's best-known stories." --Laura Marcus, Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature and Fellow of New College, University of Oxford |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
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Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) fast |
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Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) fast |
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Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft) fast |
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Scientists -- Fiction
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Monsters -- Fiction
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Monsters
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Scientists
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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Horror fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Fiction.
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Romans.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wootton, David, 1952- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781624669149 |
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162466914X |
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9781624669439 |
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1624669433 |
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