Murdering to dissect

grave-robbing, Frankenstein and the anatomy literature

Hardcover, 354 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 1995 by Manchester University Press, Distributed in USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-0-7190-4542-4
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Subjects

  • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
  • Human dissection -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
  • Body snatching -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
  • Grave robbing -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
  • Horror tales, English -- History and criticism
  • Medicine -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
  • Murder -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
  • Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
  • Body, Human, in literature
  • Scientists in literature
  • Monsters in literature