2018
DOI: 10.24193/cechinox.2018.35.10
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Hybridizing Textual Bodies and Neo-Gothic Identities: Frankenstein’s Afterlife in Shelley Jackson’s Fiction

Abstract: Against the background of the current scholarly debate on the Neo-Gothic fascination with the body manipulation and dissection, this paper examines some recent transmutations of the archetype of the hybrid monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. More specifically, the paper focuses on Shelley Jackson's production, from the hypertexts Patchtwork Girl, or A Modern Monster (1995) and My Body. A Wunderkammer (1997) to The Melancholy of Anatomy (2002), up to her most recent project Skin (2010). Although she cannot … Show more

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