Mary Shelley's Monster

By Martin Tropp

Subjects: Chronology, Monsters in literature, English Horror tales, Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein films, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein (fictitious character), History and criticism, Characters, Scientists in literature, Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), History, Women and literature, Shelley, mary wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

Description: "Mary Shelly's Monster" traces the relationship of the characters and themes of "Frankenstein" to Mary Shelly's own life and shows how the figures of the Mad Scientist and the Monster that she created have permeated science-fiction literature and films.