Frankenstein | Essays and Criticism

  • In the Context of the Romantic Era

    In the following essay, George V. Griffith considers Frankenstein as a novel that both represents and goes beyond the ideas of the Romantic era.

  • Frankenstein's Fallen Angel

    In the following excerpt, Joyce Carol Oates explores literary influences on Shelley's Frankenstein and comments on various stylistic and thematic aspects of the work.

  • The Noble Savage in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    In the following essay, Milton Millhauser considers Frankenstein's monster in relation to the tradition of the "noble savage" in literature.