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Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation

Sidney Perkowitz & Eddy Von Mueller

First published 2018
Publisher Pegasus Books
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages xvi+239
Price $28.95
ISBN 9781681776293

  • Includes an unpaginated, 16-page section of color photos/stills between pages 112 and 113.
  • Date of publications from Amazon and Locus Magazine #688 as of 2018-05-04.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Part One: The Roots and Themes of Frankenstein uncredited Essay
5 "Hideous Progeny": Telling a Tale of Monsters in Frankenstein Catherine Ross Nickerson Essay
18 Frankenstein: Representing the Emotions of Unwanted Creatures Laura Otis Essay
18 Franklin to Frankenstein Dwayne Godwin & Jorge Cham Essay
30 Who Is a Monster, When? Steven J. Kraftchick Essay
61 Part Two: The Monster, the Media, and the Marketplace uncredited Essay
67 Frankenstein at the Boundaries of Life, Death, and Film Evan Lieberman Essay
84 Frankenstein, Young and Old: An Interview with Mel Brooks Kevin LaGrandeur Essay
105 Since Frankenstein: Experimental Science and Experimental Film Alexis Gambis Essay
116 Life After Death: A Love Story, "When Fargo Met Holly" Jaime Paglia Essay
126 Monster No More: A Conversation with the Creators of Penny Dreadful and I, Frankenstein Eddy Von Mueller Essay
136 The Face of the Fiend: Media, Industry, and the Evolving Image of Frankenstein's Monster Eddy Von Mueller Essay
162 Frankenstein's Creatures: The Pleasures of Toys, Games, and Costumes Carol Colatrella Essay
177 Part Three: The Challenges of Frankenstein: Science and Ethics uncredited Essay
181 Frankenstein and Synthetic Life: Fiction, Science, and Ethics Sidney Perkowitz Essay
205 What Would Mary Shelley Say Today? Jay Goodwin & David Lynn (I) Essay
217 Epilogue: The Next Two Hundred Years of Frankenstein Sidney Perkowitz & Eddy Von Mueller Essay
ix Introduction: Two Hundred Years of Frankenstein Sidney Perkowitz & Eddy Von Mueller Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation Cover 2018 Pegasus Books eBook Nonfiction
Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation Cover 2019 Pegasus Books Trade Paperback Nonfiction 384