Frankenstein and philosophy : the shocking truth / edited by Nicolas Michaud.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michaud, Nicolas, editor.

Series:

Popular culture and philosophy

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851--Criticism and interpretation.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.

Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character).

Frankenstein, Victor.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.

English literature--Philosophy.

English literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 302 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Open Court, 2013.

Contents:

That vital spark of life

Part 1: Dr. Frankenstein's easy guide to eternal life

1: Wanna live forever? Don't pull a Frankenstein! / Michael Hauskeller ; 2: Victor Frankenstein in the twenty-first century / Danilo Chaib ; 3: Embracing the corpse-people / Greg Littmann ; 4: So, you want to be a mad scientist / Dale Jaquette

Part 2: Dr. Frankenstein's treatment notes. 5: That frightening Frankenmetaphor / Elena Casetta and Lucia Tambolo ; 6: Frankenstein's failure / Daniel Kokotz ; 7: Frankenstein and Zarathustra, Godless men / Christopher Ketcham ; 8: Capitalism the monster / John R. Fitzpatrick

Part 3: I made a monster, now what? 9: Is the monster free? / Peter D. Zuk ; 10: How to raise a monster / Janelle Pötzsch ; 11: When creations go bad / Skyler King ; 12: Who's to blame? / Jai Galliott

Part 4: Dr. Frankenstein's monster identification field guide. 13: Sure it's alive, but does it have a soul? / Keith Hess ; 14: Who is Frankenstein's monster? / Jonathan Lopez ; 15: I'm the person, you're the monster / Nicolas Michaud ; 16: What love means to a creature / Mirko D. Garasic ; 17: Getting inside the monster's head / Spyros Petrounakos ; 18. Come back Dr. Frankenstein, all is forgiven / Caroline Mosser

Part 5. Dr. Frankenstein's monster assembly kit. 19: And we thought he was the monster / Michael Mendelson ; 20: Adopting Frankenstein's creature / Mike Kugler ; 21: Why science is horrific / Jeff Ewing ; 22: The human and the monstrous / Cynthia D. Coe ; 23: The monster that therefore I am / Jessie Dern

Part 6: You can learn from my mistakes. 24: If we could all be Dr. Frankensteins /John V. Karavitis ; 25: Why it's wrong to make monsters, or babies / Joe Slater ; 26: Why bad things happen to good monsters / Trip McCrossin ; 27: Good and ugly / William Rodriguez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812698367 (pbk. :

0812698363 (pbk. :

OCLC:

829451801