This book places Mary Shelley’s revolutionary novel in its political, philosophical and literary context. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of the most popular novels from the Romantic period.
Written accessibly, by a specialist in Romantic literature, this book examines Frankenstein within its literary and philosophical contexts. It looks closely at the range of genres from which the novel emerged, offering textual analysis of key passages from this and related texts. There is a summary of criticism on the novel, a discussion of the historical background, and a wide-ranging exploration of the literary sources. The study focuses on the moral questions that arise from the novel, investigating the range of questions that Shelley raises and offering an analysis of her answers.
About the author
Essaka Joshua has taught at Birmingham University and is now at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Pygmalion and Galatea: The History of a Narrative in English Literature (Ashgate, 2001), a textbook on The Remains of the Day (First and Best, 2004), and The Romantics and the May Day Tradition (Ashgate, 2007).
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