The science of life and death in Frankenstein
Ruston, Sharon2021
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What is life? This was a question of particular concern for Mary Shelley and her contemporaries. But how did she, and her fellow Romantic writers, incorporate this debate into their work, and how much were they influenced by contemporary science, medicine and personal loss? This book is the first to compile the many attempts in science and medicine to account for life and death in Mary Shelley's time. It considers what her contemporaries thought of air, blood, sunlight, electricity and other elements believed to be most essential for living. Mary Shelley's (and her circle's) knowledge of science and medicine is carefully examined, alongside the work of key scientific and medical thinkers, including John Abernethy, James Curry, Humphry Davy, John Hunter, William Lawrence and Joseph Priestley.
Main title:
The science of life and death in Frankenstein / Sharon Ruston.
Author:
Ruston, Sharon, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2021.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781851245574 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1294225