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Record Nr.

UNINA9910213852003321

Autore

Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft <1797-1851, >

Titolo

Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2017

Cambridge, MA : , : The MIT Press, , 2017

ISBN

9780262340274

0262340275

9780262340267

0262340267

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

The MIT Press

Disciplina

823/.7

Soggetti

Scientists

Monsters

Science in literature

Horror fiction

Science fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Editors' Preface: David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Volume 1 -- Volume 2 -- Volume 3 -- Introduction to Frankenstein (1831) -- Chronology of Science and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- Traumatic Responsibility: Victor Frankenstein as Creator and Casualty -- I've Created a Monster! (And So Can You) -- Changing Conceptions of Human Nature -- Undisturbed by Reality: Victor Frankstein's Technoscientific Dream of Reason -- Frankenstein Reframed: Or, the Trouble with Prometheus -- Frankenstein, Gender, and Mother Nature -- The Bitter Aftertaste of Technical Sweetness -- References -- Further Reading -- Discussion Questions -- Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

This new critical edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was developed



by leading scholars for aspiring scientists, engineers, and medical professionals. This unique framing will make this a core text in promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary dialogue on the nature, roles, and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society. To be published in time for the 2018 bicentennial of its original publication, this edition will be produced in print and as an enhanced e-book. The e-book will contain the full text of the novel (in the public domain) plus all of the substantial scholarly material that was commissioned and developed for this new edition, including essays by leading scholars, and will be most valuable to students and teachers of ethics. Digital features will include include reader annotation, bookmarking, and multimedia content.