Mothering the unthinkable: The hideous progeny of inter-textuality in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mulvey-Roberts, Marie

Abstract

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Citation

Mulvey-Roberts, M. (1996). Mothering the unthinkable: The hideous progeny of inter-textuality in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In Transactions of the IX International Congress on the Enlightenment (1459-62)

• Conference Name: IX International Congress on the Enlightenment
• Conference Location: Münster, Germany
• Publication Date: 1996
• Deposit Date: Jun 21, 2021
• Volume: III
• Pages: 1459-62
• Book Title: Transactions of the IX International Congress on the Enlightenment
• ISBN: 9780729405348
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7481055
• Publisher URL: https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/publication/transactions-ninth-international-congress-enlightenment/