Chris Baldick – Frankenfiction

Cultural Afterlives of Frankenstein

July 6, 2016July 4, 2016 by Megen de Bruin-Molé

The following post was originally delivered as part of a Cardiff BookTalk screening of James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931). After watching the film, three academics (including myself) delivered short presentations on the story’s cultural contexts. A report of the event will be available shortly, but you can find the contents of my presentation reproduced below, with … Read more

Now Reading: In Frankenstein’s Shadow by Chris Baldick

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Megen de Bruin-Molé

For a bit of inspiration, this past week I’ve been (re)reading In Frankenstein’s Shadow: Myth, Monstrosity, and Nineteenth-century Writing, by Chris Baldick. I picked up my copy secondhand for a song at Troutmark Books, in Cardiff’s Castle Arcade, paged through it on the way home, then left it virtually untouched on my ‘to-read’ bookshelf for the next six months. Fortunately, … Read more