Five macabre things you didn't know about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Kirstin Mills

Five macabre things you didn't know about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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As Frankenstein turns 200 years old, Dr Kirstin Mills from the Department of English explores how the monstrous creation was inspired by the spooky real life of its author.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Lighthouse
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2018

Keywords

science fiction
gothic
Gothic fiction
Gothic horror
ghosts
Literary biography

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Frankenstein and the Sciences of the Undead
Mills, K., 2025, (Accepted/In press) The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie. Bacon, S. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
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Five macabre things you didn't know about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Frankenstein and the Sciences of the Undead

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