ENG 3XX - Living Traditions: Frankenstein

This book offers an authoritative, up-to-date guide for students, introducing its context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife, leading them to a more sophisticated understanding of the text.

Science in literature.
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Human reproduction in literature.
Literature and science -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.

Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror...Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations.

Includes chapter "Literary monsters : gender, genius and writing in Denis Diderot's "On women" and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" / Cecilia A. Feilla

DC Entertainment is making history by launching 52 #1 DC Comics issues starring the World's Greatest Super-Heroes.
Includes "Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E." #1 / Jeff Lemire & Alberto Ponticelli

Graphic novel retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel of a scientist who brings a monster to life. Includes a glossary, brief biography of Shelley, character summary, explanation of the context of the novel, and plot chart.

Retells, in graphic novel format, Mary Shelley's classic tale of a monster, assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies, who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

Stories adapted from Frankenstein, or The modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley; The war of the worlds by H.G. Wells; and 20,000 leagues under the sea by Jules Verne.

"The world's great literature as comics and visuals"--Cover.
Includes "Frankenstein," Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and more.

Includes Frankenstein in 1931; Bride of Frankenstein in 1935; Son of Frankenstein in 1939; Ghost of Frankenstein in 1942; House of Frankenstein in 1944.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
A finely tuned parody of the old Frankenstein movies, in which Wilder returns to the old country to clear his family name.

A collection from History examines how the tale of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses has its roots in reality. Three fascinating documentaries from History reveal the truth behind the creation and legacy of one of fiction's most enduring, and scary, stories.