This is a terrific resource for teachers of British Literature, which includes instructions for using FrankenMoo yourself and/or with students.

Using an online exhibition, investigate how Mary Shelley's horror science fiction story, Frankenstein, reflects the knowledge and studies of electricity, and how those fictional ideas are used in modern medicine.

Provides several essays about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.

Delve into the science of life and death, take a ghost story writing challenge, watch videos on the Gothic, and even look at locks of the Shelleys' hair with these resources. [PDF]

This site provides biographic information on British author, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The site also lists her works.

A chronology of the events that occured around the time Mary Shelley was writing "Frankenstein."

An excellent intro/overview to Freud's contribution to literary theory through psychoanalysis. Explains in accessible terms his role and also delves into specific texts such as Frankenstein. Excellent starting point for investigation of...

Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.