Monstrous progeny : a history of the Frankenstein narratives /

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"Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a cult...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Friedman, Lester D. (Author), Kavey, Allison, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brusnwick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851 > Adapatations.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851. > Frankenstein.
Frankenstein's Monster > (Fictitious character) > Miscellanea.
Frankenstein, Victor > (Fictitious character) > Miscellanea.
Frankenstein, Victor > (Fictitious character)
Frankenstein's Monster > (Fictitious character)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851.
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)
Monsters in mass media.
Monstres dans les médias.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gothic & Romance.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Singing the Body Electric
  • In a Country of Eternal Light: Frankenstein's Intellectual History
  • The Instruments of Life: Frankenstein's Medical History
  • A More Horrid Contrast: From the Page to the Stage
  • It's Still Alive: The Universal and Hammer Movie Cycles
  • The House of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's Stepchildren
  • Fifty Ways to Leave Your Monster.

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