The Frankenstein Pages
These
pages are devoted to illustrations and essays on
Frankenstein.
In
time more things will be added.
• Academic Questions published my article, “The
True Author of Frankenstein”, in its Fall 2018 issue. This
article is my best summary of the case that Percy Byssle Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Academic Questions
is published by the National Association of Scholars, which strives to
restore Free Speech and high standards to Academia. To read my
article in a pdf file click here.
• Mensa Bulletin published my article, “The Real Frankenstein and Its Author”, in its June 2018 issue. The Mensa Bulletin reaches 50,000 members of Mensa, a society for those in the top 2% on intelligence tests. To read it click here.
• To
see Lynd Ward's woodcut illustrations for a 1934 edition of Frankenstein click here.
• To
see a description and reviews
of my new book, The
Man Who Wrote Frankenstein, click here.
• To read my article, “Debunking the Mary Shelley
Legend”, published in
the Gay
Humanist
Quarterly, click here.
• On 17 June 2008 I gave a talk on The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein at the Boston Athenaeum. For a description of the talk and link to a video recording by WGBH click here.
• The core premise of Charles E. Robinson's new book, The Original Frankenstein (2008), is that, with regard to the surviving Frankenstein manuscript, words in Mary Shelley's handwriting were ipso facto composed by her. In my letter to The Chronicle Review (published on 5 December 2008) I analyze his “handwriting-authorship fallacy”. To read the letter click here.
• Mary Godwin & Moonshine. “The Moon & the Origin of Frankenstein” was the lead article of the November 2011 issue of Sky and Telescope. This article attempted to support the veracity of the 1831 Introduction to Frankenstein through recourse to astronomy. I wrote a letter to S&T, which pointed out multiple discrepancies in the 1831 Introduction, and argued against Mary Shelley's authorship of either the 1831 Introduction or Frankenstein. To read the unpublished letter click here.
I write books and am
proprietor of Pagan Press, a small book publisher. Each of our books
is unique and well produced. Please check out the Pagan Press BOOKLIST — John Lauritsen