The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein by Andrew Smith 9781316760192 1316760197

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• ISBN 10: 1316760197
• ISBN 13: 9781316760192
• Author: Andrew Smith 

The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein consists of sixteen original essays on Mary Shelley’s novel by leading scholars, providing an invaluable introduction to Frankenstein and its various critical contexts. Theoretically informed but accessibly written, this volume relates Frankenstein to various social, literary, scientific and historical contexts, and outlines how critical theories such as ecocriticism, posthumanism, and queer theory generate new and important discussion in illuminating ways. The volume also explores the cultural afterlife of the novel including its adaptations in various media such as drama, film, television, graphic novels, and literature aimed at children and young adults. Written by an international team of leading experts, the essays provide new insights into the novel and the various critical approaches which can be applied to it. The volume is an essential guide to students and academics who are interested in Frankenstein and who wish to know more about its complex literary history.

Table contents:

Part I Historical and Literary Contexts

1 Frankenstein

2 Contextualizing Sources

3 Romantic Contexts

4 The Context of the Novel

5 Scientific Contexts

6 Frankenstein’s Politics

Part II Theories and Forms

7 The Female Gothic

8 What is Queer about Frankenstein?

9 Race and Frankenstein

10 Frankenstein and Ecocriticism

11 The Posthuman

Part III Adaptations

12 Nineteenth-Century Dramatic Adaptations of Frankenstein

13 Frankenstein and Film

14 Literature

15 Frankenstein in Comics and Graphic Novels

16 Growing up Frankenstein: Adaptations for Young Readers

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