Acknowledgments v Preface 1 Introduction 5 One. Reading Shelley: A Review and a Response 11 Two. Shelley's Context: Place, Time and Personality 36 Three. Authorship and the Founding of Discourse 71 Four. Mirror Fragments: A Close Reading of the 1818 Edition of Frankenstein 101 Five. Influence, Inspiration and Innovation 128 Six. In Shelley's Wake: Measuring the Impact of Frankenstein 153 Conclusion: Afterlives 181 References 187 Index 195