Frankenstein A Cultural History

Name: Frankenstein A Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780393061444

ISBN-10: 0393061442

ISBN-13: 9780393061444

Edition: 2007

Authors: Susan Tyler Hitchcock

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A lively history of the Frankenstein myth, tracing its evolution from a Romantic nightmare to its prominence in today's imaginative landscape. Frankensteinbegan as the nightmare of an unwed teenage mother in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1816. At a time when the moral universe was shifting and advances in scientific knowledge promised humans dominion over that which had been God's alone, Mary Shelley envisioned a story of human presumption and its misbegotten consequences. Two centuries later, that story is still constantly retold and reinterpreted, from Halloween cartoons to ominous allusions in the public debate, capturing and conveying meaning central to our consciousness today and our…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English