Frankenstein's science

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"The essays in this volume by leading writers in their fields provide new historical scholarship into areas of science and pseudo-science that generated fierce controversy in Mary Shelley's time: anatomy, electricity, medicine, teratology, Mesmerism, quackery and proto-evolutionary biology." "The collection embraces a multifaceted view of the exciting cultural climate in Britain and Europe from 1780 to 1830. The collection will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars specialising in Romanticism, cultural history, philosophy and the history of science."--Jacket.

subjects: Science in literature,  Scientists in literature,  Science,  Frankenstein (Fictitious character),  History,  Romanticism,  Literature and science,  Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character),  Shelley, mary wollstonecraft, 1797-1851,  Science and state, great britain,  Romanticism, great britain,  Mary Wollstonecraft,  1797-1851,  Frankenstein,  Littérature et sciences,  Histoire,  Sciences,  Scientifiques dans la littérature,  Sciences dans la littérature,  Romantisme,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Forschung,  Naturwissenschaften,  Romantik,  Literatur,  Wissenschaft,  Wetenschap,  Bellettrie,  Romantiek,  Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)

People: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century