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How a Monster Became an Icon, The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation

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Frankenstein

How a Monster Became an Icon, The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation

First Pegasus Books edition

The tale of a tormented creature created in a laboratory began in 1816 in the imagination of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Since its publication in 1818 "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" has spread around the globe through every possible medium and variation.. Yet in it's long history, Frankenstein's central premise - that science, not magic or God, can create a living being, and thus these creators must answer for their actions - is most relevant today as scientists approach creating synthetic life. In its popular and cultural weight and its expression of the ethical issues raised by the advance of science, physicist Sidney Perkowitz and film expert Eddy Von Mueller have brought together scholars and scientists, artists and directors to celebrate and examine Mary Shelley's creation and its legacy as the monster moves into his next century.

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Pegasus Books
Language
English
Pages
384

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Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon, The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation
2018, Pegasus Books
Digital book in English - First Pegasus Books edition
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Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon, The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation
2018, Pegasus Books
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Table of Contents

"Hideous progeny" / by Catherine Ross Nickerson --
Franklin to Frankenstein / by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham --
Frankenstein / by Laura Otis --
Who is a monster, when? / by Steven J. Kraftchick --
Frankenstein at the boundaries of life, death, and film / by Evan Lieberman --
Frankenstein, young and old : an interview with Mel Brooks / by Kevin LaGrandeur --
Since Frankenstein / by Alexis Gambis --
Life after death / by Jaime Paglia --
Monster no more / by Eddy von Mueller --
The face of the fiend / by Eddy von Mueller --
Frankenstein's creatures / by Carol Colatrella --
Frankenstein and synthetic life / by Sidney Perkowitz --
What would Mary Shelley say today? / by Jay Goodwin and David Lynn.

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New York, NY, USA
Copyright Date
2018

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Digital book
Number of pages
384

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Open Library
OL34043864M
ISBN 10
1681776979
ISBN 13
9781681776972
OCLC/WorldCat
1016919552
Library Thing
20498503
Goodreads
35407556

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