Editor's Introduction: (Page #s refer to the pdf entitled "nce-intro.pdf.") ix:
Who is Frankenstein?
xi:
Why did early critics assume Frankenstein was
written by a man?
xii:
What two influences on Mary Shelley does the editor
describe?
xiv:
Describe Percy Shelley's influence on
Frankenstein.
xv:
According to Hunter, what does Mary Shelley's reading
reveal about her?
xvi:
Explain Mary Shelley's use of allusion.
xvii:
Explain the significance of Mary Shelley's use of multiple
narrators.
Author's Preface:
(Page #s refer to the Broadview edition pdf)
47-48:
According to the Preface, what is the
author's main concern in writing Frankenstein?
Author's Introduction (1831):
(Page #s refer to the Broadview edition pdf) 353:
Why did Mary Shelley have
reservations about writing an Introduction to Frankenstein?
Why did she decide to do it?
354:
Explain: "My husband . . . was, from the first,
very anxious that I should prove myself worthy of my
parentage, and enrol myself on the page of fame" (354).
356:
Explain: "Invention, it must
be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of
void, but out of chaos" (356).
