Timothy Morton teaches English at the University of California, Davis, USA. His publications include The Poetics of Spice (2000), and Shelley and the Revolution in Taste (1994), and he is editor of Radical Food (2000).

• Contents. Acknowledgements. List of illustrations. General Introduction. Section 1. Contexts: 1. Contextual Overview, 2. Chronology of Mary Shelley, 3. Contemporary Documents Section 2. Interpretation: 4. Presumption, science and religion: early receptions of Frankenstein, 5. Why did you make me like this?! Performing Frankenstein, 7. Modern Criticism Section 3. Key Passages: 7. Key passages: extracts from the novel, 8. Recommended editions and further reading, 9. Directory of Proper Names, 10. Index.

Timothy Morton teaches English at the University of California, Davis, USA. His publications include The Poetics of Spice (2000), and Shelley and the Revolution in Taste (1994), and he is editor of Radical Food (2000).

• Contents. Acknowledgements. List of illustrations. General Introduction. Section 1. Contexts: 1. Contextual Overview, 2. Chronology of Mary Shelley, 3. Contemporary Documents Section 2. Interpretation: 4. Presumption, science and religion: early receptions of Frankenstein, 5. Why did you make me like this?! Performing Frankenstein, 7. Modern Criticism Section 3. Key Passages: 7. Key passages: extracts from the novel, 8. Recommended editions and further reading, 9. Directory of Proper Names, 10. Index.

Timothy Morton teaches English at the University of California, Davis, USA. His publications include The Poetics of Spice (2000), and Shelley and the Revolution in Taste (1994), and he is editor of Radical Food (2000).

• Contents. Acknowledgements. List of illustrations. General Introduction. Section 1. Contexts: 1. Contextual Overview, 2. Chronology of Mary Shelley, 3. Contemporary Documents Section 2. Interpretation: 4. Presumption, science and religion: early receptions of Frankenstein, 5. Why did you make me like this?! Performing Frankenstein, 7. Modern Criticism Section 3. Key Passages: 7. Key passages: extracts from the novel, 8. Recommended editions and further reading, 9. Directory of Proper Names, 10. Index.