“The Papal Ass” and other olden horrors are on view now at the library’s exhibit De Monstris. … Read more »

British tabloid the Sun has spun a piece about students’ reactions to Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein into an example of “thin-skinned, liberal foot-stomping,” to use Sian Cain’s phrase in the Guardian. The… Read more »

Title: Mathilda Author: Mary Shelley First published: 1959 (though written 1818-20) Page count: 134 First line: It is only four o’clock; but it is winter and the sun has already… Read more »

Brooklyn English teacher Todd Friedman is facing disciplinary action (possibly even termination) by the Department of Education after selling copies of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to his students, Carl Campanile reports… Read more »

In this season of “Best of” lists, BBC Culture has outdone everyone. Rather than produce a list of the best books of the year, BBC has compiled a list of… Read more »

Nora Crook, who is an expert on the Romantic period and professor emerita at Anglia Ruskin University, recently found thirteen unpublished letters from Mary Shelley. While she was researching another writer… Read more »

In the mountains above Lucca in Tuscany, hill towns nestled on tree-lined ridges with dense foliage, wildflowers, grape vines, and narrow roads with hairpin turns, look down over the Lima… Read more »

Salon has posted Laura Miller’s review of a new interactive edition of Frankenstein, and it sounds like the app is well worth checking out. Released by Inkle Studios and Profile… Read more »