Transmedia Creatures : : Frankenstein’s Afterlives /

Transmedia Creatures : : Frankenstein’s Afterlives / / ed. by Francesca Saggini, Anna Enrichetta Soccio.

On the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Transmedia Creatures presents studies of Frankenstein by international scholars from converging disciplines such as humanities, musicology, film studies, television studies, English and digital humanities. These innovative...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
MitwirkendeR:
Beal, Eleanor,
Buenza, Daniele Pio,
De Michelis, Lidia,
Gualtieri, Claudia,
Heholt, Ruth,
Larson, Janet,
McInnes, Andrew,
Meschini, Federico,
Nally, Claire,
Reggiani, Enrico,
Roncaglia, Gino,
Saggini, Francesca,
Saglia, Diego,
Soccio, Anna Enrichetta,
TeilnehmendeR:
Beal, Eleanor.
Buenza, Daniele Pio.
Gualtieri, Claudia.
Heholt, Ruth.
Larson, Janet.
McInnes, Andrew.
Meschini, Federico.
Michelis, Lidia De.
Nally, Claire.
Reggiani, Enrico.
Roncaglia, Gino.
Saglia, Diego.
HerausgeberIn:
Saggini, Francesca,
Soccio, Anna Enrichetta,
Place / Publishing House:Lewisburg, PA : : Bucknell University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 6
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Frankenstein: Presence, Process, Progress
  • Part I. Labs, Bots, And Punks: Transmediating Technology And Science
  • 1. Frankenstein And Science Fiction
  • 2. Monstrous Algorithms And The Web Of Fear: Risk, Crisis, And Spectral Finance In Robert Harris’S The Fear Index
  • 3. Frankensteinian Gods, Fembots, And The New Technological Frontier In Alex Garland’s Ex_Machina
  • Part II. Becoming Monsters: The Limits Of The Human
  • 4. Staging Steampunk Aesthetics In Frankenstein Adaptations: Mechanization, Disability, And The Body
  • 5. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus In The Postcolony
  • 6. Four-Color Myth: Frankenstein In The Comics
  • Part III. The Evolution Games Of Sight And Sound
  • 7. “Uncouth And Inarticulate Sounds”: Musico-Literary Traces In Frankenstein, And Frankenstein In Art Music
  • 8. Enter Monsieur Le Monstre: Cultural Border-Crossing And Frankenstein In London And Paris In 1826
  • 9. The Theme Of The Doppelgänger In James Searle Dawley’s Frankenstein
  • 10. Perverting The Family: Re-Working Victor Frankenstein’s Gothic Blood-Ties In Penny Dreadful
  • Part IV. Monster Reflections
  • 11. The Masked Performer And “The Mane Electric”: The Lives And Multimedia Afterlives Of Margaret Atwood’s Doctor Frankenstein
  • 12. Young Adult Frankenstein
  • 13. Revivifying Frankenstein’s Myth: Historical Encounters And Dialogism In Back From The Dead: The True Sequel To Frankenstein
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About The Contributors

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