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It's alive! : a visual history of Frankenstein / by Elizabeth Campbell Denlinger.

Van Pelt Library PR5397.F73 D46 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Denlinger, Elizabeth Campbell, author.
Contributor:
Bailey, Colin B., writer of foreword.
Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein--Exhibitions.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851--Influence--Exhibitions.
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character)--Exhibitions.
Frankenstein's Monster.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)--Exhibitions.
Frankenstein, Victor.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character).
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character).
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft).
Frankenstein films--Exhibitions.
Frankenstein films.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
335 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : The Morgan Library Museum ; London : in association with D Giles Limited, 2018.
Summary:
This book shows how Mary Shelley created a monster. Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Frankenstein, it traces the origins and impact of her novel - a classic of world literature, a masterpiece of horror, and a forerunner of science fiction. Shelley conceived the archetype of the mad scientist who dares to flout the laws of nature. She devised a conflicted creature, eloquent and repulsive, torn between good and evil. In the movies he can be a brute pure and simple, yet he is still an object of compassion and remains a favourite on stage and screen. This engaging visual record begins with a biography of the author and continues through current reinterpretations of the story. Many of the contextual images have never been published before in print.
Notes:
"Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, 12 October 2018-27 January 2019"--Title page verso.
Foreword by Colin B. Bailey.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-329) and index.
ISBN:
9781911282419
1911282417
OCLC:
1043062768
Publisher Number:
99982602211

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