The Endurance of Frankenstein

"A highly speculative and entertaining set of essays."—English Studies

"Many of the energies, interests, and elements that went into the making of [Mary Shelley's] first and most formidable novel are documented in this extraordinary novel."—Nineteenth Century Fiction

"Anchored solidly to the phenomenon of Frankenstein's 'endurance' in forms both palpable and pernicious. . . . the essayists allow their readings to intertwine, to interact, and eventually to integrate [into] a cohesive set of writings on a novel that, like its monstrously equivocal central figure, will never die. . . . this well-managed collection achieves a level of explication not to be found elsewhere."—Choice

"Daring in the right sense...their rich anthology never sinks to the level of pedantic shelf-stuffing."—Booklist

"A cross between a symposium and a casebook...there is no paper from which I did not derive some stimulating food for thought."—The Wordsworth Circle