Chemistry and the Science of Transformation in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Ruston, Sharon (2019) Chemistry and the Science of Transformation in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Nineteenth-Century Contexts, 41 (3). ISSN 0890-5495

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Abstract

This essay reads the novel in a new way, examining the way that Victor Frankenstein's chemical education (he does not train to be a doctor!) enables his creation of the monster. It reveals that chemists of the period had a different worldview to others where they saw the world in constant transformation and flux. I have written this essay co-written the introduction to the special issue, and co-edited the whole.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Nineteenth-Century Contexts

Additional Information:

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Nineteenth-Century Contexts on 15/05/2019, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08905495.2019.1600793

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1208

Subjects:

?? literature and literary theorycultural studies ??

Departments:

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > English & Creative Writing

ID Code:

131848

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

11 Mar 2019 15:25

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

19 Sep 2024 02:17

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/131848