Remaking the monster : transmedia adaptations of Frankenstein's creature / Alissa Burger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burger, Alissa, author.

Series:

Villains and Creatures: Critical Perspectives on Cultural Tropes.

Villains and Creatures: Critical Perspectives on Cultural Tropes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character).

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797-1851.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Frankenstein films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

In Remaking the Monster, Alissa Burger adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine the continued influence of Frankenstein's Creature on popular culture, demonstrating through close readings the necessity of reconsidering its role and meaning as it has changed over time. Since the Creature's introduction to the horror genre's canon, proliferating and evolving for over a century across a variety of media formats and genres, Burger posits that each new iteration of its appearance and impact encourages audiences to (re)consider critical questions about society and about ourselves. What are we capable of-both good and bad? What care, if any, do we owe to one another? And how might a monstrous appearance belie a deeper truth?Ultimately, Burger argues, wherever and however the Creature appears, part of its innate function-and perhaps, the key to its perennial resonance with audiences-is found in the approachable opportunity to engage with daunting concepts of life and death, choice, agency, and, above all, what it means to be human.

Contents:

Introduction PART I: THEMES 1. Boris Karloff as the Creature 2. Encountering the Creature 3. A Community of Monsters 4. Gothic Prestige 5. The Desirable Creature PART II: FORMATS 6. New Visions of the Creature in Graphic Narratives 7. The Animated Creature 8. Board Games 9. Video Games 10. Creating the Creature Conclusion About the Author Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-8189-798-7

1-9787-6362-X

9781978763623

OCLC:

1568048220