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The Cambridge companion to Mary Shelley / edited by Esther Schor.

Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge companions to literaturePublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: xxi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521809843
  • 0521007704 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.7 21
LOC classification:
  • PR5398 .C36 2003
Contents:
Chronology. Part I. 'The Author of Frankenstein' : 1. Making a 'monster': an introduction to Frankenstein / Anne K. Mellor -- 2. Frankenstein, Matilda, and the legacies of Godwin and Wollstonecraft / Pamela Clemit -- 3. Frankenstein, feminism, and literary theory / Diane Long Hoeveler -- 4. Frankenstein on Film / Esther Schor -- 5. Frankenstein's futurity: from replicants to robotics / Jay Clayton. Part II. Fictions and Myths : 6. Valperga / Stuart Curran -- 7. The last man / Kari E. Lokke -- 8. Historical novelist / Deidre Lynch -- 9. Falkner and other fictions / Kate Ferguson Ellis -- 10. Stories for the Keepsake / Charlotte Sussman -- 11. Proserpine and Midas / Judith Pascoe. Part III. Professional Personae : 12. Mary Shelley, editor / Susan J. Wolfson -- 13. Letters: The public/private self / Betty T. Bennett -- 14. Mary Shelley as biographer / Greg Kucich -- 15. Mary Shelley's travel writing / Jeanne Moskal -- 16. Mary Shelley as cultural critic / Timothy Morton. Further reading. Selected filmography.
Summary: Publisher description: Well-known scholars review Mary Shelley's work in several contexts (literary history, aesthetic and literary culture, the legacies of her parents) and also analyze her most famous work-- Frankenstein. The contributors also examine Shelley as a biographer, cultural critic, and travel writer. The text is supplemented by a chronology, guide to further reading and select filmography.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-283) and index.

Chronology. Part I. 'The Author of Frankenstein' : 1. Making a 'monster': an introduction to Frankenstein / Anne K. Mellor -- 2. Frankenstein, Matilda, and the legacies of Godwin and Wollstonecraft / Pamela Clemit -- 3. Frankenstein, feminism, and literary theory / Diane Long Hoeveler -- 4. Frankenstein on Film / Esther Schor -- 5. Frankenstein's futurity: from replicants to robotics / Jay Clayton. Part II. Fictions and Myths : 6. Valperga / Stuart Curran -- 7. The last man / Kari E. Lokke -- 8. Historical novelist / Deidre Lynch -- 9. Falkner and other fictions / Kate Ferguson Ellis -- 10. Stories for the Keepsake / Charlotte Sussman -- 11. Proserpine and Midas / Judith Pascoe. Part III. Professional Personae : 12. Mary Shelley, editor / Susan J. Wolfson -- 13. Letters: The public/private self / Betty T. Bennett -- 14. Mary Shelley as biographer / Greg Kucich -- 15. Mary Shelley's travel writing / Jeanne Moskal -- 16. Mary Shelley as cultural critic / Timothy Morton. Further reading. Selected filmography.

Publisher description: Well-known scholars review Mary Shelley's work in several contexts (literary history, aesthetic and literary culture, the legacies of her parents) and also analyze her most famous work-- Frankenstein. The contributors also examine Shelley as a biographer, cultural critic, and travel writer. The text is supplemented by a chronology, guide to further reading and select filmography.

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