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Frankenstein

The 1818 Edition with Related Texts
By Mary Shelley
Series: Hackett Classics
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Frankenstein tells the haunting tale of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sentient creature through unorthodox scientific experiments. This gothic masterpiece explores themes of ambition, creation, responsibility, and the consequences of defying nature, set against the backdrop of early 19th-century scientific inquiry and Romantic-era ideals.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This edition is ideal for readers interested in classic literature, gothic fiction, and the intersection of science and Romanticism. Scholars and students will appreciate the comprehensive introduction and contextual annotations, while general readers will enjoy the timeless exploration of human ambition and creation.

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In this new edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, David Wootton's Introduction gives the reader both a clear and gripping account of the biographical circumstances that led to the novel's writing and the most striking and original interpretations of its central themes and of the intellectual and cultural influences on them. Offering a new account of the complex history of its composition, and drawing upon his deep knowledge of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific debates, Wootton reveals the ways in which the origins of Shelley's novel are inextricably linked to conceptions of the origins of life itself. We have here a transformative reading of one of the world's best-known stories. - Laura Marcus, Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature and Fellow of New College, University of Oxford

A superb edition of Shelley's troubling masterpiece, with lucid explanatory notes and rich contextual material on the biographical, cultural, and scientific background to the text. Wootton's Introduction is a tour de force of revisionist scholarship, and his bold new arguments about Frankenstein's reworking of Promethean myth, its engagement with Romantic-era science, and the sources and significance of its arctic frame-tale will set the agenda for future debate. - Thomas Keymer, Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman University Professor of English, University of Toronto

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Thomas Keymer praises this edition for its "lucid explanatory notes and rich contextual material" and describes editor David Wootton's introduction as a "tour de force of revisionist scholarship", highlighting fresh insights into the novel's mythic and scientific underpinnings. Miranda Seymour commends the inclusion of contemporary travel literature and the historical context of the novel's conception at Lord Byron's villa, emphasizing the importance of scientific debates on generating life.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781624669125

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 September 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Illustration: 4

Contributors:

  • Edited by David Wootton
  • Edited by David Wootton

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 513g

Pages: 384

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Horror & Supernatural Literary Fiction Mary Shelley Series: Hackett Classics

About the Author

David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History, University of York.

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