This revision of a critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelley's novel along with critical essays that introduce students to "Frankenstein" from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.
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Basingstoke
Großbritannien
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 138 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-0-333-91438-0 (9780333914380)
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JOHANNA M. SMITH is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Texas at Arlington.
About the Series About this Volume PART ONE: FRANKENSTEIN THE COMPLETE TEXT Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts The Complete Text PART TWO: FRANKENSTEIN: A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM A Critical History of Frankenstein A Psychoanalytic Perspective: The Monster and the Imaginary Monster: A Lacanian Reading of Frankenstein; D. Collings A Marxist Perspective: 'The Workshop of Filthy Creation': A Marxist Reading of Frankenstein; W. Montag A Feminist Perspective: 'Cooped Up': Feminine Domesticity in Frankenstein; J. M. Smith A Gender Critic's Perspective: Lesbian Panic and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; F. Michel A Cultural Critic's Perspective: Frankenstein of the Nineties: The Composite Body; B. Zakharieva Combining Perspectives: Reflections of Excess: Frankenstein, the French Revolution, and Monstrosity: F. Botting Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms
