Frankenstein : Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical, Historical, and Cultural Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Contemporary Critical perspective

About the Series iii About This Volume v PART ONE Frankenstein: The Complete Text in Cultural Context Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts 3(16) The Complete Text 19(171) Contextual Documents 190(47) Things as They Are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1794) 193(4) William Godwin Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman (1798) 197(4) Mary Wollstonecraft [On Creation] (1531--1538) 201(4) Paracelsus Emile, or On Education (1762) 205(6) Jean Jacques Rousseau A Discourse, Introductory to a Course of Lectures on Chemistry (1802) 211(11) Humphry Davy The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) 222(2) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari (1791) 224(1) Luigi Galvani A Galvanized Corpse (1836) 224(1) Frankenstein's Laboratory (James Whale's Frankenstein, 1931) 225(1) The Creature and His Bride-to-Be (The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935) 225(1) The Creature Enchained (The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935) 226(1) Frankenstein and the Racialized Creature (The Model Man, 1850) 226(1) ``The Brummagem Frankenstein'' (1866) 227(1) John Tenniel ``The Irish Frankenstein'' (1882) 228(1) John Tenniel Charles Ogle as the Creature (Edison's Frankenstein, 1910) 229(1) Boris Karloff as the Creature (James Whale's Frankenstein, 1931) 230(1) Christopher Lee as the Creature (The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957) 231(1) Keith Jochim as the Creature (Victor Gialanella's Frankenstein) 232(1) The Creature Attacking His Maker (Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 1994) 233(4) PART TWO Frankenstein: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism A Critical History of Frankenstein 237(25) Psychoanalytic Criticism and Frankenstein 262(34) What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism? 262(12) Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography 274(6) A Psychoanalytic Perspective: The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley's Critique of Ideology 280(16) David Collings Feminist Criticism and Frankenstein 296(38) What Is Feminist Criticism? 296(9) Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography 305(8) A Feminist Perspective: ``Cooped Up'' with ``Sad Trash'': Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein 313(21) Johanna M. Smith Gender Criticism and Frankenstein 334(34) What Is Gender Criticism? 334(11) Gender Criticism: A Selected Bibliography 345(4) A Gender Perspective: Lesbian Panic and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 349(19) Frann Michel Marxist Criticism and Frankenstein 368(28) What Is Marxist Criticism? 368(13) Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography 381(3) A Marxist Perspective: The ``Workshop of Filthy Creation'': A Marxist Reading of Frankenstein 384(12) Warren Montag Cultural Criticism and Frankenstein 396(36) What Is Cultural Criticism? 396(14) Cultural Criticism: A Selected Bibliography 410(6) A Cultural Perspective: Frankenstein of the Nineties: The Composite Body 416(16) Bouriana Zakharieva Combining Perspectives on Frankenstein 432(18) Reflections of Excess: Frankenstein, the French Revolution, and Monstrosity 435(15) Fred Botting Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms 450(19) About the Contributors 469