358 pages
English language
Published Feb. 24, 1992 by Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press.
Frankenstein
complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives
This book might be part of the Case studies in contemporary criticism series.
by Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein (1992, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press)
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
Subjects
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
- Horror tales, English -- History and criticism
- Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Scientists in literature
- Monsters in literature
- Scientists -- Fiction
- Monsters -- Fiction