Mary Shelley

Frankenstein casts such a long shadow that the rest of Mary Shelley's writing often disappears behind it. Angela Wright's study steps out of that shadow, reading the key novels alongside the short stories and tracing how the Gothic themes and motifs that drove Frankenstein return, changed, in the work Shelley wrote afterwards.

It is a focused, scholarly book from University of Wales Press. Students of the Gothic and anyone who has wondered what Shelley did next will find it a clear and rewarding guide.