This blog is a cross-post of an original article from the Cambridge University website: http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2016/09/some-thoughts-on-assembling-a-creature-editing-the-cambridge-companion-to-frankenstein/ Here, reproduced. Assembling The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein raised some interesting questions at the developmental stage about the type of coverage that students would find helpful. Frankenstein is a novel that is taught in a variety of contexts and courses, including … Continue reading Some thoughts on assembling a creature: editing The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein
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Steven Guscott: ‘In an ideal world it shouldn’t matter, but we don’t live in an ideal world’
Steven Guscott, author of The Diary of V. Frankenstein, draws from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to create an alternate history novel, with equality at its core.Interview date: 26th May 2016, 11am.Conducted by Daniel Southward via Skype.It's a somewhat quiet day in Sheffield's Jessop West building as I sit down to interview Steven Guscott, author of The Diary … Continue reading Steven Guscott: ‘In an ideal world it shouldn’t matter, but we don’t live in an ideal world’
Review: Liam Scarlett’s ‘Frankenstein’ at the Royal Opera House
Coinciding with the bicentenary of the notorious ‘Summer of 1816’, Liam Scarlett’s adaptation of Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece 'Frankenstein' was screened in cinemas nationwide last week, live from the Royal Opera House. A co-production by the Royal Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet, this adaptation featured Federico Bonelli as Victor Frankenstein, Laura Morera as Elizabeth Lavenza, and … Continue reading Review: Liam Scarlett’s ‘Frankenstein’ at the Royal Opera House
Through the Vaults: Remembering Last Year’s Meetings. . .
We hope all Gothic Reading Group members (old and new) are settling into their courses at Sheffield and enjoying encountering new texts, authors and subjects (Gothic or otherwise) as part of their studies. It is, of course, the first meeting of the Gothic Reading Group next week. We know people are busy getting to grips … Continue reading Through the Vaults: Remembering Last Year’s Meetings. . .
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