Cary Wolfe begins his widely known book What Is Posthumanism?(2010) by announcing the
results of a Google search. He reports that at the time of his writing (summer 2008) the …

For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in
the past and, surprisingly, engages especially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as …

Philosophy and Blade Runner explores philosophical issues in the film Blade Runner,
including human nature, personhood, identity, consciousness, free will, morality, God, death …

Frankenstein and Its Classics is the first collection of scholarship dedicated to how
Frankenstein and works inspired by it draw on ancient Greek and Roman literature, history …

Even casual readers of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818, revised 1831) are given to notice
an allusion to the literature and mythology of classical antiquity. 1 For the novel is subtitled …

So speaks the monster to his creator in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, which
subsequently depicts the inner turmoil or Victor Frankenstein as he removes himself to the …

In an era when the modern sense of 'nature'as a domain outside of culture is quickly
becoming obsolete–in large part due to advanced technology such as bioengineering–is …

Philosopher's Stone, fans, scholars,“aca-fans,” 1 Potter pundits and the like have speculated
with great passion about the literary material which informs the Harry Potter books. From …

In the twenty-first century, when we interact with corporeal and digital identities alternately,
we need to examine whether the distinction between them makes sense anymore. This …

Abstract Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley (née Godwin; 1797–1851), published in 1818 and revised in 1831. It tells the story …