The story of how Mary Shelley dreamed up Frankenstein is famous. Less well-known, however, is the reading material that inspired her to write.
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Frankenstein might look like fantasy to modern eyes, but to its author and original readers there was nothing fantastic about it.
Proper horror should be more than just monsters and suspense.
The author Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18. A new film investigates the gender politics of the novel’s creation.
By showing us a world from which mothers are largely absent, Mary Shelley reminds us that the genius of motherhood lies less in biological reproduction than in the capacity to love.
Written by a teenager, Frankenstein is an extraordinary novel that still endures 200 years after its first publication.
If Mary Shelley wrote the book today, Victor would surely be a synthetic biologist. But those fiddling with living things in 2018 have hopefully learned from her cautionary tale.
Netflix hit, Black Mirror, follows in the footsteps of other forward-thinking sci-fi storytellers.
On its 200th anniversary, why is it a surprise that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein at such a young age – just because she’s a woman?
Mary Shelley’s novel asked questions about the human condition that are more relevant today than ever.
Much like the fictitious Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s novel, more and more scientists are running away from their real-life creations.
All the popular monsters you’ll see out trick-or-treating, from Frankenstein to Dracula, were born out of fear and anxiety about change and technology.
Mary Shelley’s diaries reveal that in 1814 she attended a lecture that Andrew Crosse, “thunder and lightning man”, delivered in London.
As new zombie TV spin-off Fear the Walking Dead premieres, why have these creatures ruled the horror roost for so long?
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Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Climate and Society, Dublin City University
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Professor of Continental Philosophy, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Teaching Fellow in Archaeological Practice, University of Bristol
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Professor of History, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Media Practice, University of East Anglia
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Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Professor of English Literature, University of Dundee
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Head of Italian Studies, University of Warwick
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Robert Wallace Chair of English in the School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Sessional Academic, Literature and Culture; Professional & Creative Writing Teacher, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Film Studies, Queen's University Belfast