Frankenstein and its classics : the modern Prometheus from antiquity to science fiction /
Imprint: | London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018. ©2018 |
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Description: | xiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Bloomsbury studies in classical reception Bloomsbury studies in classical reception. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11679319 |
Summary: | Frankenstein and Its Classics is the first collection of scholarship dedicated to how Frankenstein and works inspired by it draw on ancient Greek and Roman literature, history, philosophy, and myth. Presenting twelve new essays intended for students, scholars, and other readers of Mary Shelley's novel, the volume explores classical receptions in some of Frankenstein 's most important scenes, sources, and adaptations. Not limited to literature, the chapters discuss a wide range of modern materials--including recent films like Alex Garland's Ex Machina and comics like Matt Fraction's and Christian Ward's Ody-C --in relation to ancient works including Hesiod's Theogony , Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound , Ovid's Metamorphoses , and Apuleius's The Golden Ass . |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781350054875 1350054879 9781350054882 1350054887 |