This Norton Critical Edition includes:aaThe 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter.aaThree maps and eight illustrations.aaA wealth of source and contextual materials, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include OSources, Influences, Analogues,O OCircumstances, Composition, Revision,O and OReception, Impact, Adaptation.OaaEleven critical essays on FrankensteinOs major themes, six of them new to the Third Edition.aaA chronology and a selected bibliography.aaAbout the SeriesaRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part formatannotated text, contexts, and criticismhelps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.aaOA wonderful critical edition?IOm impressed with the quality of the essays. I will use this book in my Brit Lit II survey course.O ?Mary Thompson, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)aaOThis is a magnificent edition of Frankenstein! The articles selected are really relevant. . . . The notes are also significant and informative, and the materials are equally interesting. Very good indeed!O ?Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Filologia Moderna, University of CastillaOLa Mancha (Spain)