Frankenstein by mary wollstonecraft5/13/2023 He held up the curtain of the bed and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. Up-to-date bibliography, extensive new biographical and cultural chronology, and revised explanatory notesīy the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.Appendices of Mary Shelley's biographical introduction to the 1831 edition, the substantive changes made for that edition, and Percy Bysshe Shelley's own (anonymous) review of the novel.Considers the novel's contribution to contemporary debates in animal studies, identity politics, the environment, and changing definitions of the 'human'.Nick Groom's fascinating introduction details the literary and historical context of Frankenstein, from the politics of human rights raised by the French Revolution, to approaches to maternity and women's writing, and Gothic engagement with science and technology.An epic parable warning against the threats to humanity posed by accelerating technological progress.
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