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PublisherIgnatius Press

ISBN-101586171380

ISBN-139781586171384

eBay Product ID (ePID)49204848

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Book TitleFrankenstein : Ignatius Press Critical Editions

Number of Pages275 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Horror, Literary

Publication Year2008

GenreFiction

AuthorMary Shelley

Book SeriesIgnatius Critical Editions Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7.9 Oz

Item Length5.2 in

Item Width0.6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews"Critical editions that treat great books as though they were a living part of the great tradition. It's a sad commentary on our times that this should seem an innovation. Still, at least it has allowed Ignatius Press to offer this important series. Students and scholars will be forever grateful." Joseph Bottum , First Things. p>"To step out of the assumptions of one's own time and place; to understand the literary classic with the mind and heart of the author requires such a breadth of understanding and grasp of history and tradition that few publishers attempt it and fewer still succeed at it. Ignatius Critical Editions , edited by Joseph Pearce, has succeeded admirably." Patrick S.J. Carmack, President, Great Books Academy, Great Books Program, and the Angelicum Academyp>"The real battle for America's soul is not waged in legislative halls but in lecture halls. Congratulations to the courageous souls at Ignatius Press for firing off what is nothing less than a direct hit in the culture war. For too long, the Western Canon has been co-opted by those who, in fact, hate the West and the three things for which she stands: the good, the beautiful, and the true. These magnificent editions, edited by a scholar who loves all three, belong on the shelves of every campus bookstore, every high-school classroom, and every home school." Christopher Check, Executive Vice President, The Rockford Institute "The Ignatius Critical Editions are a smart and long overdue response to the literary hijacking of the classics. Three cheers for Joseph Pearce and Ignatius Press!" Chris Michalski , ISI Books, Imprint of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute p>"For many years I've avoided recent "critical" editions, stuffed and padded as they are with political faddists and special interest hacks. What a delight to find an edition of a work of literary art treated with the reverence, the critical tact, and the wonder its beauty and wisdom demand!" Anthony Esolen, Ph.D., Professor of Renaissance English, Providence College

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SynopsisMary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most influential and controversial novels of the nineteenth century; it is also one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted. It has been vivisected critically by latter-day Victor Frankensteins who have transformed the meanings emergent from the novel into monsters of post-modern misconception. Meanwhile Franken-feminists have turned the novel into a monster of misanthropy. Seldom has a work of fiction suffered so scandalously from the slings and arrows of outrageous criticism. This critical edition, containing tradition-oriented essays by literary scholars, refutes the errors and serves as an antidote to the poison that has contaminated the critical understanding of this classic gothic novel.