The New Annotated Frankenstein Mary Shelley 9780871409492

"Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, morality, social commentary, and a thoughtful examination of the very nature of knowledge", writes Leslie S. Klinger. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is often reductively dismissed as a monster film or a cautionary tale about experimental science gone haywire. Illuminating every hidden dimension of the "first truly modern myth", Klinger does for Shelley's story of early nineteenth-century horror what he did for Sherlock Holmes, Dracula and H.P. Lovecraft, bringing this gothic tale to nightmarish life by reproducing the original text with the most lavishly illustrated and comprehensively annotated edition to date.

About the Author
Leslie S. Klinger is the multi-award-winning author of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, New Annotated Dracula, New Annotated Frankenstein, and The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft, Volumes I and II. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Guillermo del Toro is a director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. Anne K. Mellor is a professor of English and women's studies at UCLA.

Reviews
"... Leslie S. Klinger offers a unique and incisive commentary on one of the great gothic horror novels of all time." -- This is Horror



Book Information
ISBN 9780871409492
Author Mary Shelley
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 1225g
Dimensions(mm) 264mm * 229mm * 33mm