• Category: Books
• Author: Baumann, Rebecca
• Author: Baumann, Rebecca
• ISBN-10: 0253039053
• ISBN-10: 0253039053
• ISBN-13: 9780253039057
• ISBN-13: 9780253039057
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Pages: 208
• Pages: 208
• Binding: Paperback
• Binding: Paperback
• Item ID: 101256509

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Two centuries ago, a teenage genius created a monster that still walks among us. In 1818, Mary Shelley publishedFrankenstein, and in doing so set forth into the world a scientist and his monster. The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, famed womens rights advocate, and William Godwin, radical political thinker and writer, Mary Shelley is considered the mother of the modern genres of horror and science fiction. At its core, however, ShelleysFrankensteinis a contemplation on what it means to be human, what it means to chase perfection, and what it means to fear things suchsuch things as ugliness, loneliness, and rejection.

In celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the publication ofFrankenstein, the Lilly Library at Indiana University presentsFrankenstein 200: The Birth, Life, and Resurrection of Mary Shelleys Monster. This beautifully illustrated catalog looks closely at Mary Shelleys life and influences, examines the hundreds of reincarnations her book and its characters have enjoyed, and highlights the vast, deep, and eclectic collections of the Lilly Library. This exhibition catalog is a celebration of books, of the monstrousness that exists within us all, and of the genius of Mary Shelley.

Foreword: Cavendishs Daughters: Speculative Fiction and Womens History by Jonathan Kearns

Stitched and Bound by Love and Fear: Books, Monsters, and Mary ShelleysFrankensteinby Rebecca Baumann

Case 1: Mary Shelley and the Birth ofFrankenstein

Case 2: Mary and Percy

Case 3: Mary Beyond Frankenstein

Case 4: Marys Father, William Godwin

Case 5: Marys Mother, Mary Wollstonecraft

Case 6: Mad Science

Case 7: The Gothic

Case 8: The Monsters Books

Case 9: Victor Frankensteins Books

Case 10: Frankenstein in Popular Culture

Case 11: The Undead

Case 12: Artificial Life

Case 13: Adapting Frankenstein

Case 14: Illustrating Frankenlã!