Hideous Progenies: Dramatizations of Frankenstein from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

by Steven Earl Forry

The Frankenstein we know is not Mary Shelley's creature at all. Rather it is an amalgam of over 200 years of images and dramatizations that range from the ghoulish fiends of nineteenth-century sensation dramas to Boris Karloff's movie monster to Mel Brooks's tap-dancing giant. These versions treat the Frankenstein myth with varying levels of horror, hysteria, and humor, but all of them attest to its enduring power.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812281314
• ISBN13: 9780812281316
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary