Approaches to Teaching Shelley's Frankenstein

Overview:

  • Title: Approaches to Teaching Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Author: Stephen C. Behrendt
  • Year: 2001
  • ISBN-10: 087352540X
  • Publisher: The Modern Language Association of America
  • Pages: x+190
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Choosing a Text of Frankenstein to Teach
  • Notes:
    • Fourth printing
    • Edited by Stephen C. Behrendt; consultant editor, Anne K. Mellor
    • "The preparation of [the] volume [began] with a wide-ranging survey of instructors, thus enabling us to include... the philosophies and approaches, thoughts and methods of scores of experienced teachers." -- Joseph Gibaldi, series editor
    • Part One, "Materials", contains an overview of materials of use to teachers: Editions of Frankenstein; other works by Mary Shelly; reference works; critical works; recommended reading for students; a selected filmography.
    • Part Two, "Approaches", is divided into four sections: "General Issues" (six essays), "Contexts of Study" (four essays), "Specific Course Contexts" (seven essays), and "Frankenstein and Film" (two essays).
    • Cover image is a still from Edison's Frankenstein (1910)