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Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition
Michael Burgan
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Description for Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition
Paperback.
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter.
- Three maps and eight illustrations.
- A wealth of source and contextual materials, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Sources, Influences, Analogues”, “Circumstances, Composition, Revision” and “Reception, Impact, Adaptation”.
- Eleven critical essays on Frankenstein’s major themes, six of them new to the Third Edition.
- A chronology and a selected bibliography.
About the Series
Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393644029
SKU
V9780393644029
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Ref
99-50
About Michael Burgan
J. Paul Hunter is Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Reluctant Pilgrim: Defoe’s Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe; Occasional Form: Henry Fielding and the Chains of Circumstance; and Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction. He is author of the first nine editions of The Norton Introduction to Poetry and the long-time co-editor of The Norton Introduction to Literature and New Worlds of Literature.
Reviews for Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition
"A wonderful critical edition. I’m impressed with the quality of the essays. I will use this book in my Brit Lit II survey course."
Mary Thompson, University of Sussex "This is a magnificent edition of Frankenstein! The articles selected are really relevant... The notes are also significant and informative, and the materials are equally interesting. Very good indeed!"
Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Filologia Moderna, University of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
Mary Thompson, University of Sussex "This is a magnificent edition of Frankenstein! The articles selected are really relevant... The notes are also significant and informative, and the materials are equally interesting. Very good indeed!"
Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Filologia Moderna, University of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain