An exploration of the treatment of Mary Shelley''s Frankensteinin popular art and culture, this book examines adaptations in film, comics, theatre, art, video-games and more, to illuminate how the novel''s myth has evolved in the two centuries since its publication. Divided into four sections, The Afterlives of Frankenstein considers the cultural dialogues Mary Shelley''s novel has engaged with in specific historical moments; the extraordinary examples of how Frankensteinhas suffused our cultural consciousness; and how the Frankensteinmyth has become something to play with, a locus for reinvention and imaginative interpretation. In the final part, artists respond to the Frankensteinlegacy today, reintroducing it into cultural circulation in ways that speak creatively to current anxieties and concerns.
Bringing together popular interventions that riff off Shelley''s major themes, chapters survey such works as Frankenstein in Baghdad, Bob Dylan''s recent "My Own Version of You", the graphic novel series Destroyerwith its Black cast of characters, Jane Louden''s The Mummy!, the first Japanese translation of Frankenstein, "The New Creator", the iconic Frankensteinmask and Kenneth Brannagh''s Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein film. A deep-dive into the crevasses of Frankensteinadaptation and lore, this volume offers compelling new directions for scholarship surrounding the novel through dynamic critical and creative responses to Shelley''s original.
