Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus the 1818 Text - Couverture souple

Shelley, Mary W.

 
9780198840824: Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus the 1818 Text

Synopsis

Oxford World Classics: A new edition of Mary Shelley's immensely powerful and iconic Gothic novel An epic parable warning against the threats to humanity posed by accelerating technological progress Nick Groom's fascinating introduction details the literary and historical context of Frankenstein, from the politics of human rights raised by the French Revolution, to approaches to maternity and women's writing, and Gothic engagement with science and technology Considers the novel's contribution to contemporary debates in animal studies, identity politics, the environment, and changing definitions of the 'human' New to this Edition: Appendices of Mary Shelley's biographical introduction to the 1831 edition, the substantive changes made for that edition, and Percy Bysshe Shelley's own (anonymous) review of the novel Up-to-date bibliography, extensive new biographical and cultural chronology, and revised explanatory notes

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À propos de l?auteur

Nick Groom is Professor in English at the University of Exeter. He has published widely for both academic and popular readerships, and among his many books are The Forger's Shadow (Picador 2002), The Union Jack (Atlantic 2006, rev. edn 2017), The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2012), The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year (Atlantic 2014), and editions of a variety of eighteenth-century texts, from crime writing to Shakespeare. He has edited Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (2014), Matthew Lewis's The Monk (2016), and Ann Radcliffe's The Italian (2017) for Oxford World's Classics.


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