MAKING HUMANS - "FRANKENSTEIN" AND "THE ISLAND OF DR. IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days In pairing these two famous gothic science fiction novels for the first time, this volume provides a rare opportunity to explore numerous topics common to both texts, such as the nature of the human and the limits and promises of the proliferating natural sciences in the 19th century. Additional works include writings by other 19th-century authors (including Darwin, Huxley, and Tennyson) and modern critics. Features Summary Presents the complete text of the two novels along with critical essays on the works. Author Alan Richardson (Author), H. G. Wells (Author), Judith Wilt (Author), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author) Publisher Houghton Mifflin Release date 20020504 Pages 368 ISBN 0-618-08489-4 ISBN 13 978-0-618-08489-0