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Monstrous Progeny FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 1 4/11/16 10:33 AM FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 2 4/11/16 10:33 AM ———————————————————————————————— ———————————————————————————————— Monstrous Progeny A History of the Frankenstein Narratives LESTER D. FRIEDMAN AND ALLISON B. KAVEY ———————————————————————————————— ———————————————————————————————— RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 3 4/11/16 10:33 AM Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Friedman, Lester D., author. | Kavey, Allison, 1977–author. Title: Monstrous progeny: a history of the Frankenstein narratives / Lester D. Friedman, Allison B. Kavey. Description: New Brusnwick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015047575| ISBN 9780813564241 (hardback) | ISBN 9780813564234 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780813564258 (e-book (web pdf)) Subjects: LCSH: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851. Frankenstein. | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851—Adapatations. | Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)—Miscellanea. | Frankenstein’s monster (Fictitious character)— Miscellanea. | Monsters in mass media. | BISAC: PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. | LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. | LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. | LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy. Classification: LCC PR5397.F73 F785 2016 | DDC 823/.7—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015047575 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2016 by Lester D. Friedman and Allison B. Kavey All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 4 4/11/16 10:33 AM For Bob Congemi, who inspired me to become a teacher —LDF For Kraken, my own monster though never my creation —ABK FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 5 4/11/16 10:33 AM FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 6 4/11/16 10:33 AM Something was waiting for him in the darkness, a part of himself he couldn’t deny. — A lice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things The world will teach them about monsters soon enough. Let them remember there’s always the poker. — T erry Pratchett, Hogfather FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 7 4/11/16 10:33 AM FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 8 4/11/16 10:33 AM CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Singing the Body Electric 1 1 In a Country of Eternal Light: Frankenstein’s Intellectual History 15 2 The Instruments of Life: Frankenstein’s Medical History 40 3 A More Horrid Contrast: From the Page to the Stage 71 4 It’s Still Alive: The Universal and Hammer Movie Cycles 92 5 Mary Shelley’s Stepchildren: Transitions, Translations, and Transformations 146 6 Fifty Ways to Leave Your Monster 201 Notes 211 Select Bibliography 221 Index 229 ix FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 9 4/11/16 10:33 AM FriedmanKavey_i-xiv_1-238.indd 10 4/11/16 10:33 AM
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