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03441aam a2200409 i 4500 001 B23DCC88A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161103010209 008 160216t20162016njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015047575 020 $a 0813564247 020 $a 9780813564241 020 $a 0813564239 020 $a 9780813564234 035 $a (OCoLC)927401153 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c STF $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d NBU $d TEU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR5397 F73 F785 2016 100 1 $a Friedman, Lester D., $e author. 245 10 $a Monstrous progeny : $b a history of the Frankenstein narratives / $c Lester D. Friedman and Allison B. Kavey. 264 1 $a New Brusnwick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xi, 236 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Singing the Body Electric -- In a Country of Eternal Light: Frankenstein's Intellectual History -- The Instruments of Life: Frankenstein's Medical History -- A More Horrid Contrast: From the Page to the Stage -- It's Still Alive: The Universal and Hammer Movie Cycles -- The House of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's Stepchildren -- Fifty Ways to Leave Your Monster. 520 $a "Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radically different from the one that spawned its birth? Monstrous Progeny takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the Frankenstein family tree, tracing the literary and intellectual roots of Shelley's novel from the sixteenth century and analyzing the evolution of the book's figures and themes into modern productions that range from children's cartoons to pornography. Along the way, media scholar Lester D. Friedman and historian Allison B. Kavey examine the adaptation and evolution of Victor Frankenstein and his monster across different genres and in different eras. In doing so, they demonstrate how Shelley's tale and its characters continue to provide crucial reference points for current debates about bioethics, artificial intelligence, cyborg lifeforms, and the limits of scientific progress. Blending an extensive historical overview with a detailed analysis of key texts, the authors reveal how the Frankenstein legacy arose from a series of fluid intellectual contexts and continues to pulsate through an extraordinary body of media products. Both thought-provoking and entertaining, Monstrous Progeny offers a lively look at an undying and significant cultural phenomenon."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, $d 1797-1851. $t Frankenstein. 600 10 $a Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, $d 1797-1851 $x Adapatations. 650 0 $a Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Monsters in mass media. 700 1 $a Kavey, Allison, $d 1977- $e author. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015013.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180703025207.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20170902010053.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B23DCC88A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search