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Biographical note
J. Paul Hunter is Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Reluctant Pilgrim: Defoe’s Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe; Occasional Form: Henry Fielding and the Chains of Circumstance; and Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction. He is author of the first nine editions of The Norton Introduction to Poetry and the long-time co-editor of The Norton Introduction to Literature and New Worlds of Literature."A wonderful critical edition. I’m impressed with the quality of the essays. I will use this book in my Brit Lit II survey course."
- Mary Thompson, University of Sussex,
"This is a magnificent edition of Frankenstein! The articles selected are really relevant... The notes are also significant and informative, and the materials are equally interesting. Very good indeed!"
- Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Filologia Moderna, University of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain,
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter.
- Three maps and eight illustrations.
- A wealth of source and contextual materials, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Sources, Influences, Analogues”, “Circumstances, Composition, Revision” and “Reception, Impact, Adaptation”.
- Eleven critical essays on Frankenstein’s major themes, six of them new to the Third Edition.
- A chronology and a selected bibliography.
About the Series
Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.