Frankenstein : complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives

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Frankenstein : complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives / Mary Shelley ; edited by Johanna M. Smith.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Author). Smith, Johanna M. (Added Author).

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Tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and puts this knowledge to use by creating a monster being. Presents the 1831 text along with five critical essays coming from five different critical perpectives. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction to the history, principles and practice of that critical perspective.

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ISBN: 0312065256
ISBN: 9780312065256
ISBN: 0312044690
ISBN: 9780312044695
ISBN: 0333575571
ISBN: 9780333575574
Physical Description: 358 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, ©1992.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: pt. 1: Frankenstein: the complete text. Introduction: biographical and historical contexts ; The complete text -- pt. 2: Frankenstein: a case study in contemporary criticism. A critical history of Frankenstein ; Reader-response criticism and Frankenstein ; What is reader-response criticism? ; Reader-response criticism: a selected bibliography ; A reader-response perspective on Frankenstein: Reading with a "nicer eye": responding to Frankenstein / Mary Lowe-Evans ; Psychoanalytic criticism and Frankenstein ; What is psychoanalytic criticism? ; Psychoanalytic criticism: a selected bibliography ; A psychoanalytic perspective on Frankenstein: The monster and the imaginary mother: a Lacanian reading of Frankenstein / David Collings ; Feminist criticism and Frankenstein ; What is feminist criticism? ; Feminist criticism: a selected bibliography ; A feminist perspective on Frankenstein: "Cooped up": feminine domesticity in Frankenstein / Johanna M. Smith ; Marxist criticism and Frankenstein ; What is Marxist criticism? ; Marxist criticism: a selected bibliography ; A Marxist perspective on Frankenstein: "The workshop of filthy creation": a Marxist reading of Frankenstein / Warren Montag ; Cultural criticism and Frankenstein ; What is cultural criticism? ; Cultural criticism: a selected bibliography ; A cultural critical perspective on Frankenstein: Frankenstein and the cultural uses of gothic / Lee E. Heller.

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Subject:: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Shelley, Mary 1797-1851 Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character)
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)
Scientists > Fiction.
Monsters > Fiction.
Horror tales, English > History and criticism.
Scientists in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus (Shelley)
Horror tales, English.
Monsters.
Monsters in literature.
Scientists.
Scientists in literature.
Science fiction.
Monsters > Fiction.
Genre:: Gothic revival (Literature).
Science fiction.
Novels.
Horror fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Frame stories.
Fiction.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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