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Frankenstein and Philosophy: The Shocking Truth

Nicolas Michaud

First published 2013
Publisher Open Court
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages x+302
Price $19.95
ISBN 9780812698367

"First printing 2013." Back cover has "Cover design and illustration: Shane Arbogast, Shanearbogast.com" Copyright page gives ISBN as "0-8126-9836-7". ISBN on back cover used. Popular Culture and Philosophy series editor: George A. Reisch The essays are divided into different sections: - Dr. Frankenstein's Easy Guide to Eternal Life p. 1 - Dr. Frankenstein's Treatment Notes p. 47 - I Made a Monster! Now What? p 91 - Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Identification Field Guide p. 135 - Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Assembly Kit p. 195 - You Can Learn from My Mistakes p. 247. The essay on the contributing authors is called 'The Mad Creators' and contains fictitious material. The Index ('Bits and Pieces') on pp. 297-302 is not included in the contents. The following essays have italics in their title: 'I'm the Person, You're the Monster', 'And We Thought He Was the Monster' and 'Adopting Frankenstein's Creature'

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Wanna Live Forever? Don't Pull a Frankenstein! Michael Hauskeller Essay
15 Victor Frankenstein in the Twenty-First Century Danil Chaib Essay
25 Embracing the Corpse-People Greg Littmann Essay
37 So, You Want to Be a Mad Scientist Dale Jacquette Essay
49 That Frightening Frankenmetaphor Elena Casetta & Luca Tambolo Essay
59 Frankenstein's Failure Daniel Kokotz Essay
71 Frankenstein and Zarathustra—Godless Men Christopher Ketcham Essay
81 Capitalism the Monster John R. Fitzpatrick Essay
93 Is the Monster Free? Peter D. Zuk Essay
105 How to Raise a Monster Janelle Potzsch Essay
117 When Creations Go Bad Skyler King Essay
125 Who's to Blame? Jai Galliott Essay
137 Sure It's Aliiiive, but Does it Have a Sooooul? Keith Hess Essay
147 Who Is Frankenstein's Monster? Jonathan Lopez Essay
155 I'm the Person, You're the Monster Nicolas Michaud Essay
165 What Love Means to a Creature Mikro D. Garasic Essay
175 Getting Inside the Monster's Head Spyros Petrounakos Essay
187 Come Back Dr. Frankenstein, All Is Forgiven Caroline Mosser Essay
197 And We Thought He Was the Monster Michael Mendelson Essay
207 Adopting Frankenstein's Creature Mike Kugler Essay
217 Why Science Is Horrific Jeff Ewing Essay
227 The Human and the Monstrous Cynthia D. Coe Essay
237 The Monster that Therefore I Am Jessie Dern Essay
249 If We Could All Be Dr. Frankensteins... John V. Karavitis Essay
261 Why It's Wrong to Make Monsters—or Babies Joe Slater Essay
273 Why Bad Things Happen to Good Monsters Trip McCrossin Essay
281 Good and Ugly William Rodriguez Essay
291 The Mad Creators uncredited Essay
ix That Vital Spark of Life Nicolas Michaud Essay