{"product_id":"the-afterlives-of-frankenstein-popular-and-artistic-adaptations-and-reimaginings-paperback","title":"The Afterlives of Frankenstein: Popular and Artistic Adaptations and Reimaginings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert I. Lublin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth A. Fay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of the treatment of Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003ein popular art and culture, this book examines adaptations in film, comics, theatre, art, video-games and more, to illuminate how the novel's myth has evolved in the two centuries since its publication. Divided into four sections, \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlives of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e considers the cultural dialogues Mary Shelley's novel has engaged with in specific historical moments; the extraordinary examples of how \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003ehas suffused our cultural consciousness; and how the \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003emyth has become something to play with, a locus for reinvention and imaginative interpretation. In the final part, artists respond to the \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003elegacy today, reintroducing it into cultural circulation in ways that speak creatively to current anxieties and concerns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together popular interventions that riff off Shelley's major themes, chapters survey such works as \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e, Bob Dylan's recent \"My Own Version of You\", the graphic novel series \u003ci\u003eDestroyer \u003c\/i\u003ewith its Black cast of characters, Jane Louden's \u003ci\u003eThe Mummy!\u003c\/i\u003e, the first Japanese translation of Frankenstein, \"The New Creator\", the iconic \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003emask and Kenneth Brannagh's \u003ci\u003eMary Shelley's Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e film. A deep-dive into the crevasses of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003eadaptation and lore, this volume offers compelling new directions for scholarship surrounding the novel through dynamic critical and creative responses to Shelley's original.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Lublin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. He is author of\u003ci\u003e Costuming the Shakespearean Stage: Visual Codes of Representation in Early Modern Theatre and Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and contributing co-editor\u003ci\u003e of Reinventing the Renaissance: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries in Adaptation and Performance \u003c\/i\u003e(2013)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eAmong his published essays, he has co-authored two book chapters on \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth A. Fay\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. She has published six books on British Romantic literature, including \u003ci\u003eRomantic Egypt: Abyssal Ground of British Romanticism \u003c\/i\u003e(2021)\u003ci\u003e, Fashioning Faces: The Portraitive Mode in British Romanticism \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), and \u003ci\u003eRomantic Medievalism: History and the Romantic Literary Ideal \u003c\/i\u003e(2001)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Her articles and books include discussions of a range of Mary Shelley's works.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704301416755,"sku":"9781350351608","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EOdp9F9PZJ9781350351608.webp?v=1763351810","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-afterlives-of-frankenstein-popular-and-artistic-adaptations-and-reimaginings-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}