Frankenstein
Subtitle: How a Monster Became an Icon, The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation
By: edited by Sidney Perkowitz and Eddy Von Mueller
Edition: First Pegasus Books edition
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York, NY, USA; London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781681776293
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Science in popular culture; Science in literature
Description: The tale of a tormented creature created in a laboratory began in 1816 in the imagination of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.  Since its publication in 1818 "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" has spread around the globe through every possible medium and variation..  Yet in it's long history, Frankenstein's central premise - that science, not magic or God, can create a living being, and thus these creators must answer for their actions - is  most relevant today as scientists approach creating synthetic life.  In its popular and cultural weight and its expression of the ethical issues raised by the advance of science, physicist Sidney Perkowitz and film expert Eddy Von Mueller have brought together scholars and scientists, artists and directors  to celebrate and examine Mary Shelley's creation and its legacy as the monster moves into his next century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and filmography (pages 227-238).
Table of contents: title: "Hideous progeny" / by Catherine Ross Nickerson; title: Franklin to Frankenstein / by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham; title: Frankenstein / by Laura Otis; title: Who is a monster, when? / by Steven J. Kraftchick; title: Frankenstein at the boundaries of life, death, and film / by Evan Lieberman; title: Frankenstein, young and old : an interview with Mel Brooks / by Kevin LaGrandeur; title: Since Frankenstein / by Alexis Gambis; title: Life after death / by Jaime Paglia; title: Monster no more / by Eddy von Mueller; title: The face of the fiend / by Eddy von Mueller; title: Frankenstein's creatures / by Carol Colatrella; title: Frankenstein and synthetic life / by Sidney Perkowitz; title: What would Mary Shelley say today? / by Jay Goodwin and David Lynn.