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The Cambridge companion to Mary Shelley, edited by Esther Schor

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The Cambridge companion to Mary Shelley, edited by Esther Schor
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-283) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Cambridge companion to Mary Shelley
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
57247401
Responsibility statement
edited by Esther Schor
Series statement
Cambridge companions to literature
Summary
In The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley, leading scholars discuss her work in several fascinating contexts: literary history, aesthetic and literary culture, the legacies of her parents William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and of course the life and afterlife of her most famous work, Frankenstein
Table Of Contents
'The Author of Frankenstein': -- Making a 'monster': an introduction to Frankenstein / Anne K. Mellor -- Frankenstein, Matilda, and the legacies of Godwin and Wollstonecraft / Pamela Clemit -- Frankenstein, feminism, and literary theory / Diane Long Hoeveler -- Frankenstein on Film / Esther Schor -- Frankenstein's futurity: from replicants to robotics / Jay Clayton -- Fictions and Myths: -- Valperga / Stuart Curran -- The last man / Kari E. Lokke -- Historical novelist / Deidre Lynch -- Falkner and other fictions / Kate Ferguson Ellis -- Stories for the Keepsake / Charlotte Sussman -- Proserpine and Midas / Judith Pascoe -- Professional Personae: -- Mary Shelley, editor / Susan J. Wolfson -- Letters: The public/private self / Betty T. Bennett -- Mary Shelley as biographer / Greg Kucich -- Mary Shelley's travel writing / Jeanne Moskal -- Mary Shelley as cultural critic / Timothy Morton
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