Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
031219126X
ISBN 13
9780312191269
Category
823 English Fiction
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
480
Subject
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, -- 1797-1851. -- Frankenstein. Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Monsters -- Fiction.
Abstract
Publisher Comments
This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelleys English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to Frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.
This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelleys English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to Frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.
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Table of Contents
About the Series
About This Volume
PART I: FRANKENSTEIN: THE COMPLETE TEXT
Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts
The Complete Text [The 1831 Text]
PART II: FRANKENSTEIN: A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM
A Critical History of Frankenstein
A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
David Collings, "The Monster and the Imaginary Monster: A Lacanian Reading of Frankenstein"
A Marxist Perspective:
Warren Montag, "'The Workshop of Filthy Creation': A Marxist Reading of Frankenstein"
A Feminist Perspective:
Johanna M. Smith, "'Cooped Up: Feminine Domesticity in Frankenstein"
New A Gender Critic's Perspective:
Frann Michel, "Lesbian Panic and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
New A Cultural Critic's Perspective:
Bouriana Zakharieva, "Frankenstein of the Nineties: The Composite Body"
New Combining Critical Perspectives:
Fred Botting, "Reflections of Excess: Frankenstein, the French Revolution, and Monstrosity"
About the Series
About This Volume
PART I: FRANKENSTEIN: THE COMPLETE TEXT
Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts
The Complete Text [The 1831 Text]
PART II: FRANKENSTEIN: A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM
A Critical History of Frankenstein
A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
David Collings, "The Monster and the Imaginary Monster: A Lacanian Reading of Frankenstein"
A Marxist Perspective:
Warren Montag, "'The Workshop of Filthy Creation': A Marxist Reading of Frankenstein"
A Feminist Perspective:
Johanna M. Smith, "'Cooped Up: Feminine Domesticity in Frankenstein"
New A Gender Critic's Perspective:
Frann Michel, "Lesbian Panic and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
New A Cultural Critic's Perspective:
Bouriana Zakharieva, "Frankenstein of the Nineties: The Composite Body"
New Combining Critical Perspectives:
Fred Botting, "Reflections of Excess: Frankenstein, the French Revolution, and Monstrosity"
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Fiction
Gothic fiction
Named Person: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Victor Frankenstein, (Fictitious character)
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Johanna M Smith
ISBN: 0333914384 9780333914380 0312227620 9780312227623 031219126X 9780312191269 031219126X
OCLC Number: 1014372211
Notes: Previous edition: Boston, Mass.: Bedford Books of St. Martins, 1992.
Description: x, 470 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Title: Case studies in contemporary criticism.
Responsibility: Mary Shelley ; edited by Johanna M. Smith.
Gothic fiction
Named Person: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Victor Frankenstein, (Fictitious character)
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Johanna M Smith
ISBN: 0333914384 9780333914380 0312227620 9780312227623 031219126X 9780312191269 031219126X
OCLC Number: 1014372211
Notes: Previous edition: Boston, Mass.: Bedford Books of St. Martins, 1992.
Description: x, 470 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Title: Case studies in contemporary criticism.
Responsibility: Mary Shelley ; edited by Johanna M. Smith.
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