Roseanne Montillo

The Lady and Her Monsters (eBook, ePUB)

A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.

Montillo recounts howat the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial RevolutionShelley's Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists of the period: curious and daring iconoclasts who were obsessed with the inner workings of the human body and how it might be reanimated after death.

With true-life tales of grave robbers, ghoulish experiments, and the ultimate in macabre researchhuman reanimationThe Lady and Her Monsters is a brilliant exploration of the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's horror classic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062235886
• Artikelnr.: 38008082

Autorenporträt

Roseanne Montillo holds an MFA from Emerson College in Massachusetts, where she teaches as a professor of literature. She is the author of The Lady and Her Monsters.