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Author:

Harkup, Kathryn, author.

Title:

Making the monster : the science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / Kathryn Harkup.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Sigma,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851--Science.--Science.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851.--Frankenstein.
Literature and science--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Science fiction, English--History and criticism.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Frankenstein, Victor--(Fictitious character)
Frankenstein's Monster--(Fictitious character)
Science in literature.
Scientists in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Science--History.

Notes:

"From the author of A is for Arsenic"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index.

Contents:

part 1. Conception. Enlightenment ; Development ; Elopement ; Nascent -- part 2. Creation. Education ; Inspiration ; Collection ; Preservation ; Construction ; Electrification ; Reanimation -- part 3. Birth. Life ; Death -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Timeline of events.

Series:

The Bloomsbury Sigma series ; book 31

ISBN:

1472933745
9781472933744
1472933737
9781472933737

OCLC:

(OCoLC)982650868

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)