Mary Shelley's Anxiety About Procreation and Authorship in Frankenstein.

The article explores Mary Shelley's anxiety about procreation and authorship in "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus." Topics discussed include asexual reproduction of Frankenstein, death as a sources of Shelley's anxiety about procreation and her departure from the Romantic and Gothic tradition,...

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Published in:Women's Studies Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 577 - 589
Main Author: Cao, Shenyuan
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul/Aug2024
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        Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
        Human reproduction
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