The after-lives of the bride of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley and Shelley Jackson

Mulvey-Roberts, Marie

Abstract

This chapter traces how the fragmented female monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is reintegrated within later texts. Her after-lives includes the digital reincarnation of Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl and that of the surgically modified body of the French performance artist Orlan.

Citation

Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2014). The after-lives of the bride of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley and Shelley Jackson. In M. Purves (Ed.), Women and Gothic, 81-96. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 81-96
• Book Title: Women and Gothic
• ISBN: 9781443855815
• Keywords: bride, monster, Patchwork Girl, Frankenstein, Orlan, stitch
• Publisher URL: http://www.cambridgescholars.com/women-and-gothic-3