Description
| Product ID: | 9781526108913 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Adapting Frankenstein |
| Subtitle: | The Monster's Eternal Lives in Popular Culture |
| Authors: | Author: Dennis R. Cutchins, Dennis R. Perry |
| Page Count: | 360 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This edited collection explores the afterlife of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in theatre and film, radio, literature and graphics novels, making a substantial contribution to the field of adaptation studies. -- . Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein is one of the most popular novels in western literature. It has been adapted and re-assembled in countless forms, from Hammer Horror films to young-adult books and bandes dessinées. Beginning with the idea of the ''Frankenstein Complex'', this edited collection provides a series of creative readings that explore the elaborate intertextual networks that make up the novel''s remarkable afterlife. It broadens the scope of research on Frankenstein while deepening our understanding of a text that, 200 years after its original publication, continues to intrigue and terrify us in new and unexpected ways. |
| Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-08-06 |
