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005			20251028093421.0
008			160216s2016 njua b s001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aPR 5397 .F73 _bF785 2016
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100	1		_aFriedman, Lester D. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMonstrous progeny : _ba history of the Frankenstein narratives / _cLester D. Friedman and Allison B. Kavey.
264		1	_aNew Brusnwick, New Jersey : _bRutgers University Press, _c2016
300			_axi, 236 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Singing the Body Electric -- In a Country of Eternal Light: Frankenstein's Intellectual History -- The Instruments of Life: Frankenstein's Medical History -- A More Horrid Contrast: From the Page to the Stage -- It's Still Alive: The Universal and Hammer Movie Cycles -- The House of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's Stepchildren -- Fifty Ways to Leave Your Monster.
520			_a"Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radically different from the one that spawned its birth? Monstrous Progeny takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the Frankenstein family tree, tracing the literary and intellectual roots of Shelley's novel from the sixteenth century and analyzing the evolution of the book's figures and themes into modern productions that range from children's cartoons to pornography. Along the way, media scholar Lester D. Friedman and historian Allison B. Kavey examine the adaptation and evolution of Victor Frankenstein and his monster across different genres and in different eras. In doing so, they demonstrate how Shelley's tale and its characters continue to provide crucial reference points for current debates about bioethics, artificial intelligence, cyborg lifeforms, and the limits of scientific progress. Blending an extensive historical overview with a detailed analysis of key texts, the authors reveal how the Frankenstein legacy arose from a series of fluid intellectual contexts and continues to pulsate through an extraordinary body of media products. Both thought-provoking and entertaining, Monstrous Progeny offers a lively look at an undying and significant cultural phenomenon. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, _d1797-1851. _tFrankenstein.
600	1	0	_aShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, _d1797-1851 _xAdapatations.
600	1	0	_aFrankenstein, Victor _c(Fictitious character) _vMiscellanea.
600	0	0	_aFrankenstein's Monster _c(Fictitious character) _vMiscellanea.
600	1	7	_aShelley, Mary _d1797-1851 _tFrankenstein _2gnd _0(DE-588)4220200-0
650		0	_aMonsters in mass media.
650		7	_aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
700	1		_aKavey, Allison, _d1977- _eauthor.
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