Frankenstein, 9780393644029
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A monster born of ambition, science, and tragedy haunts humanity.
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Frankenstein

a norton critical edition

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    584 pages

  • Release Date

    7 September 2021

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Summary

Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter.

Three maps and eight illustrations.

A wealth of source and contextual materials, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Sources, Influences, Analogues,” “Circumstances, Composition, Revision,” and “Reception, Impact, Adaptation.”

Eleven critical essays on Fr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780393644029
ISBN-10:0393644022
Series:Norton Critical Editions
Author:J. Paul Hunter, Mary Shelley
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:584
Release Date:7 September 2021
Weight:480g
Dimensions:213mm x 130mm x 30mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A wonderful critical edition. I’m impressed with the quality of the essays. I will use this book in my Brit Lit II survey course.” – Mary Thompson, University of Sussex“This is a magnificent edition of Frankenstein! The articles selected are really relevant… The notes are also significant and informative, and the materials are equally interesting. Very good indeed!” – Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Filologia Moderna, University of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

About The Author

J. Paul Hunter

J. Paul Hunter is Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Reluctant Pilgrim: Defoe’s Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe; Occasional Form: Henry Fielding and the Chains of Circumstance; and Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction. He is author of the first nine editions of The Norton Introduction to Poetry and the long-time co-editor of The Norton Introduction to Literature and New Worlds of Literature.

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