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Frankenstein's Image
Lynd Ward, the illustrator of this particular image, was an American wood carver and writer. He focused on wordless novels and used wood engravings to illustrate them. His black and white wood carvings were an excellent addition to the first ever…
Tags: artwork, creature, illustration, Mary Shelley, novel, twentieth century
Frankenstein Comic 1952
The Frankenstein comic series, by Dick Briefer, started in 1945 and lasted up until 1954. Briefer’s first adaptation of Frankenstein was a single “horror” comic that started in 1940 and was a close retelling of Mary Shelley’s novel. Once the series…
Tags: comic, Mary Shelley, popular culture, print, twentieth century
First Illustrated Edition of Frankenstein
The first illustrated edition of Frankenstein was published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley in London in 1831, thirteen years after the novel was first published. The publishers commissioned Theodor Von Host, a protege of Henry Fuseli, to create…
Tags: creature, first illustration
Experimental Animals (A Reality Fiction)
This novel by Thalia Field explores the life, career, and marriage of Claude Bernard, an esteemed - and somewhat notorious - vivisectionist of the 19th century, whose experiments on animals offered a great deal to science and earned the ire of animal…
Tags: Claude Bernard, science and ethics
Victor Frankenstein Movie
In 2015, 20th Century Fox released this movie that is loosely based off of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Starring two big name actors James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, the movie displays more about the relationship between Victor and his…
Tags: 2015, 21st century, adaptation, contemporary, film, popular culture
Scooby-Doo and the Frankenstein Monster
Similar to the plot of many Scooby-Doo books, Scooby-Doo! and the Frankenstein Monster tells the story of Scooby and the gang who are trying to find the Frankenstein creature because he stole a valuable piece of jewelry. Frankenstein’s creature…
Mary's Monster
Lita Judge’s Mary’s Monster, published in 2018, explores the events in Mary Shelley’s life that led to her writing Frankenstein. The story of Mary Shelley’s life including her parents, meeting Percy Shelley, leaving home at a young age, and losing a…
Life Magazine - Frankenstein: the Man, the Monster, the Legacy
This entire edition of Life magazine dedicates itself to celebrating 200 years of Frankenstein, as well as uncovering why the monster has lasted such a long time. The publication is split into three sections, the first titled “A Monster is Born”…
Frankenstein Lesson Plans
Lesson plans reflect on how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has evolved over the past twenty years. Through the comparison of lesson plans from two different decades, it becomes evident that society plays a role in the overall meaning that teachers want…