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Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Creator: J. Paul Hunter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.9

ISBN: 0393964582
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN: 9780393964585
ASIN: 0393964582

Publication Date: December 17, 1995
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Amazon.com Review
Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.

Product Description
The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the 1818 first edition, published in three volumes by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, in which only obvious typographical errors have been corrected. This text represents what Frankenstein's first readers encountered and is the text favored by scholars. A special critical section, Composition and Revision, includes essays by M. K. Joseph and Anne Mellor that address the issues surrounding teachers' choice of text. Contemporary perspectives of the text are provided in two sections: Contexts helps place the novel in relation to the mind of its creator through writings by Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John William Polidori; Nineteenth-Century Responses collects six reactions to the book from the years 1818 to 1886.

Criticism brings together twelve seminal essays. The emphasis is on rangeâboth critical (psychoanalytic, mythic, new historicist, and feminist essays are included) and chronological (essays span the last thirty years). Christopher Small, George Lebine, Ellen Moers, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Barbara Johnson, Mary Poovey, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, William Veeder, Anne K. Mellor, Susan Winnett, Marilyn Butler, and Lawrence Lipking provide diverse perspectives.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

Book Description
A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.

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Not brand new, when they said it was new. July 31, 2010
Scott R. (San Jose, CA)
The book (that was purchased) wasn't in the condition stated by the seller. I could have bought a better book with the price I paid for this book.

4 out of 5 stars

Sad Story Indeed July 30, 2010
Sargon (Albuquerque, NM)
The language can be hard to comprehend at times, sometimes because it is truly incoherent or stilted. Even so, there are far more passages that read so well it is like smelling a fragrant flower, the descriptions so clear and detailed yet eloquently stated. Perhaps one day we will be able to use DNA material to recreate a Neanderthal, creating a true to life Frankenstenian monster.

My edition was close to the original, if not the original text, the cover differing from that depicted here.

5 out of 5 stars

A Gothic Masterpiece. July 26, 2010
Kyle B. Venart (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
This haunting masterpiece still reaches new readers every day. I won't go into the details of Shelly's masterpiece in this review, but deal in what I think makes this a timeless classic that hangs on to readers today.

The character of Victor Frankenstein, a man obsessed with making a difference in the studies of life and death. His blind devotion to this difference over life and death, that leads to tragedy for his family and friends later in the story. Shelly takes us on a journey that shows us the frailty of our lives and the motives that drive us to achieve no matter the cost. Victor, even though he is a character, is within everyone. He is the blind ambition that throws away love for the sake of fame and immortality, and the utter lack of responsibility for his actions once the deed is done. This character is versatile, because it lingers in people, perhaps even someone you know.

Just as haunting is Victor's creation, the Monster. Racked with questions about his identity and guilt for a life unwanted, the Monster is just as much a part of our lives as Victor. Forget about the rheumatoid Karloff of the Universal Classics, this Monster is so much more. Memories implanted by the mind or the parts of the whole, surprise Victor's creation and lead him on his journey for answers. A Monster that can speak and play music, a humbling yet violent creation asking for justification from his creator, an answer to the question: Why?

This is a human tale.

Yes there is drama and horror, but the human message is one that should be remembered and savored because it is a cautionary tale that tells how expendable life really is when one embarks on the path of making a difference and the frailty of the human soul when confronted by the deeds they have committed. To lose one's soul chasing after an obsession and then to seek redemption all too late.

I know this does not cover the wealth that is Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, or Modern Prometheus, but as I have stated this review is what I think makes it a timeless classic that should be embraced by readers of all ages today.

1 out of 5 stars

Wrong item sent (but did receive credit.) July 3, 2010
Joe V
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

I did not receive the exact book I ordered. They sent an "illustrated version" which is not what I ordered. I did receive credit, however the company still sent me an email stating that I received what I ordered (which I did not.) Instead of saying they were sorry that I did not receive what I ordered they had to make that little comment which really annoyed me. I will not order from "thevillagebookstore" again.
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3 out of 5 stars

Antiquated Writing Style Distracts from Great Story June 28, 2010
Glenn Gallagher (Sacramento, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The story of Frankenstein is a true classic and deserves maximum praise. Unfortunately, the writing style is so overwrought, meandering, long-winded, and antiquated, the incredible story is buried underneath mediocre writing.

Story receives five stars, actual writing rates one star, which averages to just three stars.

I find the idea behind Frankenstein a very compelling tale - the creation of a flawed creature who turns on his creator (allusions to Lucifer, formerly an "angel of light" who betrays God). The moral of the story appears to be that the only reason Frankenstein's monster acted like a monster in the first place was that his creator abandoned him, showing no love, mercy, or compassion for his own creation. Because Frankenstein's monster was not accepted by humans, he decided to reject them completely, killing and harming innocents.

If you can get past the meandering prose, I do recommend the story, but it is unfortunately a very badly written novel.

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