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Victor Frankenstein observing the first stirrings of his creature. Engraving by W. Chevalier after Th. von Holst, 1831.

A giant holding a crozier with a cap of liberty points menacingly to Daniel O'Connell who stands on the brink of a precipice. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

Frankenstein's science : experimentation and discovery in Romantic culture, 1780-1830 / edited by Christa Knellwolf and Jane Goodall.

Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

In Frankenstein's shadow : myth, monstrosity, and nineteenth-century writing / Chris Baldick.

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A giant holding a crozier with a cap of liberty points menacingly to Daniel O'Connell who stands on the brink of a precipice. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

Frankenstein's science : experimentation and discovery in Romantic culture, 1780-1830 / edited by Christa Knellwolf and Jane Goodall.

Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

In Frankenstein's shadow : myth, monstrosity, and nineteenth-century writing / Chris Baldick.