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Index
Cover
Copyright
Title Page
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
Percy Unbound
Frankenstein Unbound
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM WITH PREFACES
INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
THE PROBLEM WITH THE PREFACES 1818 PREFACE
ERASMUS DARWIN
GERMAN PHYSIOLOGISTS
1831 PREFACE—MARY THE DECEIVER or THE CO-CONSPIRATOR?
CHAPTER 2: SHELLEY, THE ALCHEMIST
THE YOUNG ALCHEMIST
FRANKENSTEIN AND SHELLEY THE ALCHEMIST
A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE
ADAM WALKER
JAMES LIND
POSTSCRIPT
ALASTOR: OR, THE SPIRIT OF SOLITUDE
CHAPTER 3: PERCY SHELLEY, FRANKENSTEIN, AND ATHEISM
AN ATHEIST AND ANGLICAN PRIEST
AN ATHEIST QUEEN (MAB)
PRE-FRANKENSTEIN ATHEISTIC AND ALCHEMISTIC FICTION
PROMETHEUS AND STEALING GOD’S FIRE: SHELLEY’S ATHEISM TAKES SHAPE
A DIGRESSION: SHELLEY’S WORDS, MARY’S HAND
THE HIDDEN ATHEISM IN FRANKENSTEIN
SHELLEY ENCOUNTERS THE DEVIL
THE SECOND COMING OF THE TAN-YR-ALLT DEVIL
CHAPTER 4: SHELLEY: THE ANONYMOUS ILLUMINATIST
MISDIRECTION AND DISGUISES
ANONYMITY: SHELLEY’S SIGNATURE
LETTERS TO ARMAGEDDON HEROES
THE EPIPSYCHIDION
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF A HIDDEN AUTHOR
FALSE ADDRESSES AND HANDWRITING STYLES
THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI
INGOLSTADT, THE ILLUMINATI, AND FRANKENSTEIN
SHELLEY AND SECRET SOCIETIES BEFORE FRANKENSTEIN
BARRUEL, WEISHAUPT, AND SHELLEY THE ILLUMINATI AGENDA IN FRANKENSTEIN
THE ILLUMINATI AGENDA IN FRANKENSTEIN
CHAPTER 5: THE SENSITIVE SHELLEY AND PLATONIC LOVE IN FRANKENSTEIN
SHELLEY, THE SENSITIVE PLANT
THE SENSITIVE PLANT IN FRANKENSTEIN
HERMAPHRODITES, MONSTERS, AND SHELLEY
PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM, SHELLEY, AND FRANKENSTEIN
ALASTOR AND FRANKENSTEIN
SHELLEY, ON LOVE
CONCLUSION
A RESTATEMENT OF THE FACTS
DOES IT MATTER?
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
APPENDIX A
PREFACE TO THE 1818 EDITION OF FRANKENSTEIN
PREFACE TO THE 1831 EDITION OF FRANKENSTEIN
APPENDIX B
GHASTA, OR THE AVENGING DEMON
INDEX
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