Download or read book The Frankenstein Archive written by Donald F. Glut and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818, started a phenomeon that has survived the years and permeated many aspects of popular culture. It has spawned numerous films, television programs, books, comics, stage presentations, and the like, and continues to do so today. Like the Frankenstein Monster, this work is made up of many individual parts, some of which are quite different in their specific themes, but all of which relate to Frankenstein in some way. They consider the untold true story of Frankenstein, Glenn Strange’s portrayals of the Monster, the portrayals of lesser-known actors who played the character, Peter Cushing and his role as Baron (and Dr.) Frankenstein, the classic film Young Frankenstein co-written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (who also starred in it), the battles between do-gooders and the Monster and other horror figures, Frankenstein in cartoons—and much more. Each of the 15 essays, all written by the author, is prefaced with explanatory notes that place the essay in its historical perspective, comment on its origin and content, and where appropriate, supplement the text with new, additional, or otherwise relevant information. Richly illustrated.
Download or read book Frankenstein s Aunt written by Allan Rune Pettersson and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aunt Frankenstein arrives at the castle of her nephew, who created the monster, to restore that place to order and clear the family's blackened name, she encounters both Dracula and the werewolf and attempts to solve their problems too.
Download or read book Frankenstein Third Edition written by Mary Shelley and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D.L. Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf’s edition of Frankenstein has been widely acclaimed as an outstanding edition of the novel—for the general reader and the student as much as for the scholar. The editors use as their copy-text the original 1818 version, and detail in an appendix all of Shelley’s later revisions. They also include a range of contemporary documents that shed light on the historical context from which this unique masterpiece emerged. New to this edition is a discussion of Percy Shelley’s role in contributing to the first draft of the novel. Recent scholarship has provoked considerable interest in the degree to which Percy Shelley contributed to Mary Shelley’s original text, and this edition’s updated introduction discusses this scholarship. A new appendix also includes Lord Byron’s “A Fragment” and John William Polidori’s The Vampyre, works that are engaging in their own right and that also add further insights into the literary context of Frankenstein.
Download or read book The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Ackroyd's imagination dazzles in this brilliant novel written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein himself. Mary Shelley and Shelley are characters in the novel. It was at Oxford that I first met Bysshe. We arrived at our college on the same day; confusing to a mere foreigner, it is called University College. I had seen him from my window and had been struck by his auburn locks. The long-haired poet -- "Mad Shelley" -- and the serious-minded student from Switzerland spark each other's interest in the new philosophy of science which is overturning long-cherished beliefs. Perhaps there is no God. In which case, where is the divine spark, the soul? Can it be found in the human brain? The heart? The eyes? Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn near Oxford. The coroner's office provides corpses -- but they have often died of violence and drowning; they are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery and from there, makes contact with the Doomesday Men -- the resurrectionists. Victor finds that perfect specimens are hard to come by . . . until that Thames-side dawn when, wrapped in his greatcoat, he hears the splashing of oars and sees in the half-light the approaching boat where, slung into the stern, is the corpse of a handsome young man, one hand trailing in the water. . . .
Download or read book Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film written by Caroline Joan S. Picart and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on films outside the horror genre, this book offers a unique account of the Frankenstein myth's popularity and endurance. Although the Frankenstein narrative has been a staple in horror films, it has also crossed over into other genres, particularly comedy and science fiction, resulting in such films as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bladerunner, and the Alien and Terminator film series. In addition to addressing horror's relationship to comedy and science fiction, the book also explores the versatility and power of the Frankenstein narrative as a contemporary myth through which our deepest attitudes concerning gender (masculine versus feminine), race (Same versus Other), and technology (natural versus artificial) are both revealed and concealed. The book not only examines the films themselves, but also explores early drafts of film scripts, scenes that were cut from the final releases, publicity materials, and reviews, in order to consider more fully how and why the Frankenstein myth continues to resonate in the popular imagination.
Download or read book The Macabre Archives PB written by Richard C. Spargur and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creepy Archives written by Durañona and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gather up your wooden stakes, your blood-covered hatchets, and all the skeletons in the darkest depths of your closet, and prepare for a horrifying adventure into the darkest corners of comics history. Dark Horse Comics further corners the market on high-quality horror storytelling with one of the most anticipated releases of the decade - a hardcover archive collection of the legendary Creepy Magazine!
Download or read book Eerie Archives Volume 12 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest deluxe hardcover features work by Bernie Wrightson, Richard Corben, and Paul Neary, lavish covers by Ken Kelly and Sanjulian, and an interplanetary romance by none other than Wally Wood! We’re introduced to the Spook, a voodoo-inspired zombie hero of the antebellum south. We continue the post-apocalyptic adventures of Hunter and follow Dr. Archaeus as he tracks down each of the twelve jurors who sentenced him to death! Collects Eerie magazine #56-#60. * Retailer and Warren contributor Buddy Saunders pens a brand-new introduction!
Download or read book Creepy Archives written by B. Jones and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents reprinted issues of the horror comic magazine "Creepy."
Download or read book Creepy Archives written by B. Lewis and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents reprinted issues of the horror comic magazine "Creepy."
Download or read book Eerie Archives written by Steve Skeates and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents classic stories from the horror comics magazine Eerie featuring artwork and stories from such comics legends as Archie Goodwin, Gene Colan, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Neal Adams, and Frank Frazetta.
Download or read book The Afterlives of Frankenstein written by Robert I. Lublin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the treatment of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 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 Frankenstein has suffused our cultural consciousness; and how the Frankenstein myth has become something to play with, a locus for reinvention and imaginative interpretation. In the final part, artists respond to the Frankenstein legacy 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 Destroyer with its Black cast of characters, Jane Louden's The Mummy!, the first Japanese translation of Frankenstein, “The New Creator”, the iconic Frankenstein mask and Kenneth Brannagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein film. A deep-dive into the crevasses of Frankenstein adaptation and lore, this volume offers compelling new directions for scholarship surrounding the novel through dynamic critical and creative responses to Shelley's original.
Download or read book Creepy Archives Volume 16 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing art from a pantheon of comic industry greats—including Alex Toth, Wally Wood, Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, and Richard Corben—our latest volume collects issues #73 to #77 and features an interview between comics historian S. C. Ringgenberg and John Severin, all of the magazines' original letters columns, and lush painted covers by Ken Kelly and Sanjulian!
Download or read book Creepy Archives Volume 8 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Horse's multiple award winning archive editions of Creepy have arrived at one of the most compelling and legendary eras of the horror magazine's epic run. Creepy Archives Volume 8 collects issues #37 — #41, which herald the beginning of the more psychedelic and strangely spooky stories that came into vile vogue with the onset of the 1970s. This gore — geously designed volume highlights work from amazing artists such as Basil Gogos, Ernie Colon, Vaughn Bode;, Ken Kelly, and others, and stories written by Nicola Cuti, Phil Seuling, Doug Moench, and other great monsterminds! * Creepy Archives Volume 1 was awarded the 2009 Will Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection. * "Terrifyingly good!" -Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net
Download or read book Creepy Archives Volume 4 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulpy, smart, and scary, the stories in Creepy constituted some of the best shortform horror fiction ever told in comics. With legendary comics writer/editor Archie Goodwin both editing the magazine and crafting most of its storytelling, Creepy was at once a newsstand favorite with fright fans, and a vaunted showcase of fine comics art for serious fans of the art form. For decades, the only sources for these stories were the expensive collectible original issues. Now Dark Horse is collecting all of the original material from the history of Creepy magazine into a hardcover archive library that is garnering rave reviews from fans and critics alike! * "... this superlatively packaged Creepy Archives hardcover is a fine dénouement for fans of EC and comics history." Boston Weekly Dig * Grab your bleeding glasses and crack open this fourth big volume, collecting Creepy issues #16#20. "Since the stock is much finer than the authentic newsprint, visually, these pages are better than the originals, with moodly, dark blacks that punctuate the shock endings." Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Creepy Archives Vol 24 written by Durañona and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents reprinted issues of the horror comic magazine "Creepy."
Download or read book Eerie Archives written by Jim Starlin and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bizarre science fiction, luminous fantasy, dark psychological drama, and wild western adventure - in the pages of Eerie, these genres were brought together, twisted, and given thrilling touches of the macabre! This volume in the acclaimed Eerie Archives hardcover series collects all stories and bonus features from issues #81 to #85 including Jim Starlin's Darklon The Mystic, gorgeous colour covers by Frank Frazetta and the introduction of time-travelling, gun-slinging Rook. Eerie Archives has something for every horror devotee!
