Frankenstein's science : experimentation and discovery in Romantic culture, 1780-1830

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Label

Frankenstein's science : experimentation and discovery in Romantic culture, 1780-1830

Title remainder

experimentation and discovery in Romantic culture, 1780-1830

Statement of responsibility

edited by Christa Knellwolf and Jane Goodall

Contributor

• Goodall, Jane R
• King, Christa Knellwolf

Subject

• Frankenstein's Monster, (Fictitious character)
• Frankenstein, Victor, (Fictitious character)
• Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Romanticism -- Great Britain
• Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Science in literature
• Scientists in literature
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

Language

eng

Summary

"The essays in this volume by leading writers in their fields provide new historical scholarship into areas of science and pseudo-science that generated fierce controversy in Mary Shelley's time: anatomy, electricity, medicine, teratology, Mesmerism, quackery and proto-evolutionary biology." "The collection embraces a multifaceted view of the exciting cultural climate in Britain and Europe from 1780 to 1830. The collection will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars specialising in Romanticism, cultural history, philosophy and the history of science."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.7

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PR5397.F73

LC item number

F78 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography