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1 online resource |
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Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus. Volume I ; Volume II ; Volume III -- Introduction to Frankenstein (1831) -- Chronology of science and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- Essays. Traumatic responsibility : Victor Frankenstein as creator and casualty / by Josephine Johnston ; I've created a monster! (And so can you) / by Cory Doctorow ; Changing conceptions of human nature / by Jane Maienschein and Kate MacCord ; Undisturbed by reality : Victor Frankenstein's technoscientific dream of reason / by Alfred Nordmann ; Frankenstein reframed, or, the trouble with Prometheus / by Elizabeth Bear ; Frankenstein, gender, and mother nature / by Anne K. Mellor ; The bitter aftertaste of technical sweetness / by Heather E. Douglas |
| Summary |
This new critical edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was developed by leading scholars for aspiring scientists, engineers, and medical professionals. This unique framing will make this a core text in promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary dialogue on the nature, roles, and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society. To be published in time for the 2018 bicentennial of its original publication, this edition will be produced in print and as an enhanced e-book. The e-book will contain the full text of the novel (in the public domain) plus all of the substantial scholarly material that was commissioned and developed for this new edition, including essays by leading scholars, and will be most valuable to students and teachers of ethics. Digital features will include include reader annotation, bookmarking, and multimedia content |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 4, 2017) |
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Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein
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Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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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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Science in literature.
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FICTION -- Science Fiction -- General.
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FICTION -- Gothic.
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Monsters
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Science in literature
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Scientists
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novels.
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Monster fiction
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Science fiction
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Novels
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Horror fiction
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Gothic fiction
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Frame stories
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Fiction
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Epistolary fiction
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Science fiction.
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Horror fiction.
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Monster fiction.
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Horror fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Gothic fiction.
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Frame stories.
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Epistolary fiction.
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Novels.
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Fiction.
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Récits enchâssés.
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Romans.
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Electronic book
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Guston, David H., editor.
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Finn, Ed, 1980- editor.
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Robert, Jason Scott, editor.
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| LC no. |
2016041014 |
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9780262340267 |
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0262340267 |
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9780262340274 |
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0262340275 |
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