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Author:

Hitchcock, Susan Tyler.

Title:

Frankenstein : a cultural history / Susan Tyler Hitchcock.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

392 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851.--Frankenstein.
Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
Literature and society--History.
Scientists in literature.
Monsters in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-374) and index.

Contents:

Conception -- Birth and lineage -- Reception and revision -- The monster lives on -- Making more monsters -- A monster for modern times -- A brave new world of monsters -- The horror and the humor -- Monsters in the living room -- Taking the monster seriously -- The monster and his myth today.

Summary:

A lighthearted history of the Frankenstein myth traces its origins, evaluates the shifts in period morality and science that shaped the story and its various interpretations, and considers the invocations of the tale in various formats.

ISBN:

0393061442
9780393061444

LCCN:

2007025466

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

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