Title: The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
Title Record # 1711523
Author: Roseanne Montillo
Date: 2013-02-05
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
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Author: Roseanne Montillo
Date: 2013-02-05
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
Note: Nominated for the Rondo Hatton Horror Award for Best Book.
Synopsis: Publisher:Exploring the frightful milieu in which Frankenstein was written, Roseanne Montillo, an exciting new literary talent, recounts how Shelley's Victor Frankenstein mirrored actual scientists of the period. Montillo paints a rich portrait of Shelley and her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their contemporaries and their friend Lord Byron. Intellectually curious, they were artists, poets, and philosophers, united in captivation with the occultists and daring scientists risking their reputations and their immortal souls to advance our understanding of human anatomy and medicine.
Juxtaposing monstrous mechanization and rising industrialism with the sublime beauty and decadence of the legendary Romantics who defined the age, Montillo takes us into a world where poets become legends in salons and boudoirs; where fame-hungry "doctors" conduct shocking performances for rabid, wide-eyed audiences; and where maniacal body snatchers secretly toil in castle dungeons.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Nomination | 2013 Hatton | Best Book |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece | 2013-02-05 | Roseanne Montillo | William Morrow / HarperCollins | 978-0-06-202581-4 | $26.99?$: US dollar |
336 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | Jamie Lynn Kerner | |
The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece | 2013-02-05 | Roseanne Montillo | William Morrow / HarperCollins | 978-0-06-223588-6 | $10.49?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
non-fic | Jamie Lynn Kerner | ||
The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece | 2013-10-22 | Roseanne Montillo | William Morrow / HarperCollins | 978-0-06-202583-8 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
322 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
non-fic | Jamie Lynn Kerner |