Jurassic Park | Literary Precedents
Crichton himself has stated that his work has been heavily influenced by the nineteenth-century novel Frankenstein (1818). Mary Shelley's novel owes much to the traditions of gothic horror fiction but also serves as a bridge to more modern genres of literature where scientists and similar methodical thinkers, like detectives, are the main characters. Thus it is not surprising that Crichton's work also reminds one of the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, particularly the Sherlock Holmes series and the adventure novel The Lost World (1912), in which a scientific expedition...
[The entire page is 238 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
Tell a friend about Jurassic Park at eNotes.
