Product Description

This sourcebook examines Mary Shelley's novel within its literary and cultural contexts providing an ideal orientation in the novel, its reception history and the critical material which surrounds it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #382927 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From the Back Cover
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most widely studied works of English literature, and Frankenstein's creature is a key figure in the popular imagination.
This sourcebook examines Mary Shelley's novel within its literary and cultural contexts, bringing together material on:
* the contexts from which Frankenstein emerged
* the novel's early reception
* adaptation and performance of the work (from theatre to pop music)
* recent criticism.
All documents are discussed and explained. The volume also includes offers carefully annotated key passages from the novel itself and concludes with a list of recommended editions and further reading, to allow readers to pursue their study in the areas that interest them most. This sourcebook provides an ideal orientation to the novel, its reception history and the critical material that surrounds it.

About the Author
Timothy Morton teaches English at the University of California, Davis, USA. His publications include The Poetics of Spice (2000), and Shelley and the Revolution in Taste (1994), and he is editor of Radical Food (2000).

Customer Reviews

A good guide
This book gives a wonderful guide to some of the debates surrounding the novel - marxist, feminist and many other interpretations are given in exerts from a range of sources. This book also includes a pretty comprehensive list of adaptations of the book in film (I’m not sure why you'd want this but it's there if you should). My only complaint is that it isn't big enough including only brief sections of arguments, but it's a start.