page_title: Frankenstein authorship question
hierarchical_section_title: Frankenstein authorship question
caption_attribution_description: English: A draft of the novel Frankenstein showing Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1816 poem "Mutability" with his changes to the text in his handwriting.
context_page_description: The Frankenstein authorship question refers to the historical uncertainty that exists around Percy Bysshe Shelley's contributions to
  Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a novel attributed to Shelley's wife, Mary Shelley.
  Author Duncan Wu claims the uncertainty ended with the publication of transcribed manuscripts in 1996 which he says make it evident that Mary Shelley was the creative force behind the work, while Percy Shelley provided contributions which were editorial in nature. Advocates who continue to maintain that Percy Shelley had a much greater role - even the majority role - in the creation of the text have been dismissed by some mainstream scholars.
context_section_description: The Frankenstein authorship question refers to the historical uncertainty that exists around Percy Bysshe Shelley's contributions to 
  Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,  a novel attributed to Shelley's wife, Mary Shelley.
  Author Duncan Wu claims the uncertainty ended with the publication of transcribed manuscripts in 1996 which he says make it evident that Mary Shelley was the creative force behind the work, while Percy Shelley provided contributions which were editorial in nature. Advocates who continue to maintain that Percy Shelley had a much greater role - even the majority role - in the creation of the text have been dismissed by some mainstream scholars.
caption: Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1816 poem "Mutability" in a draft of Frankenstein with his changes to the text in his handwriting. Bodleian. Oxford.
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