Frankenstein : the 1818 text, contexts, nineteenth-century responses, modern criticism /

[In this text], Contemporary perspective is provided in two supporting sections. "Contexts" includes related writings by Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John William Polidori. "Nineteenth-Century Responses" gathers six reactions to Frankenstein's publicat...

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Main Author:	Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
Other Authors:	Hunter, J. Paul, 1934-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton, [1996]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Norton critical edition.
Subjects:	Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851. > Frankenstein. Women and literature > England > History > 19th century. Horror tales, English > History and criticism. Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) Scientists in literature. Monsters in literature. English fiction Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)

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Summary:	[In this text], Contemporary perspective is provided in two supporting sections. "Contexts" includes related writings by Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John William Polidori. "Nineteenth-Century Responses" gathers six reactions to Frankenstein's publication from the years 1818 to 1886, including those by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Hugh Reginald Haweis. "Criticism" is a collection of twelve seminal essays that provide a variety of perspectives on "Frankenstein" by Christopher Small, George Levine ... Marilyn Butler, and Lawrence Lipking.
Physical Description:	xii, 336 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-336).
ISBN:	0393964582 (pbk.) 9780393964585 (pbk.)