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OverviewJust over 200 years ago on a stormy night, a young woman conceived of what would become one of the most iconic images of science gone wrong, the story of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature. For a long period, Mary Shelley languished in the shadow of her luminary husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, but was rescued from obscurity by the feminist scholars of the 1970s and 1980s. This book offers a new perspective on Shelley and on science fiction, arguing that she both established a new discursive space for moral thinking and laid the groundwork for the genre of science fiction. Adopting a contextual biographical approach and undertaking a close reading of the 1818 and 1831 editions of the text give readers insight into how this story synthesizes many of the concerns about new science prevalent in Shelley's time. Using Michel Foucault's concept of discourse, the present work argues that Shelley should be not only credited with the foundation of a genre but recognized as a figure who created a new cultural space for readers to explore their fears and negotiate the moral landscape of new science. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alison Bedford , Donald E. Palumbo , C.W. Sullivan IIIPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.277kg ISBN: 9781476677804ISBN 10: 1476677808 Pages: 205 Publication Date: 11 January 2021 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction One. Reading Shelley: A Review and a Response Two. Shelley’s Context: Place, Time and Personality Three. Authorship and the Founding of Discourse Four. Mirror Fragments: A Close Reading of the 1818 Edition of Frankenstein Five. Influence, Inspiration and Innovation Six. In Shelley’s Wake: Measuring the Impact of Frankenstein Conclusion: Afterlives References IndexReviewsA substantial, important, and innovative contribution to our appreciation of Frankenstein and its continuing influence of culture. - Stephen Behrendt, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English, University of Nebraska Author InformationAlison Bedford is a sessional lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, Australia. She is also a secondary school English and history teacher. Her research interests and publications focus on Romantic and Victorian fiction and pedagogy for the teaching of history. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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