Mary Shelley: Frankenstein

This study focuses on how Frankenstein works: how the story is told and why it is so rich and gripping. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines Shelley''s life, the historical and literary contexts of the novel, and offers a sample of key criticism.>

List of contents

General Editor's Preface
A Note on Editions
Introduction
PART I: ANALYSING FRANKENSTEIN
The Narrative Frame
Characterisation
Nature, Society and Science
Symbol and Myth
Themes and Conclusions to Part I
PART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS
Mary Shelley's Life and Works
The Historical and Literary Context
A Sample of Critical Views
Further Reading
Index.

About the author

Nicholas Marsh

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Marsh, Marsh Nicholas
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2009
• EAN: 9780230200975
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20097-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Analysing Texts; Analysing Texts (Palgrave MacM; Analysing Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature