BBC News
MORE INFO“This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein - first printed on 1 January 1818.”
NPR
MORE INFO“And for those hoping to get a head start, pop-culture scholar Christopher Frayling offers Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years.”
NY Times
MORE INFO“Through prints, paintings, ephemera and photography, Frayling traces the creature’s visual evolution.”
It's Nice That
MORE INFO“An exhaustive investigation of the origins of the story and the myriad interpretations from gothic theatre to racy slapstick films.”
Independent.IE
MORE INFO“An illuminating, witty account of the novel's gestation and subsequent impact.”
Times Literary Supplement
MORE INFO“Among numerous offshoots are Black Frankenstein, Lady Frankenstein and Rock & Roll Frankenstein, in which “a new rock star is created out of dead celebrities"”