Introduction

The Internet Resources

• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology - Includes '... significant dates in Mary Shelley's life, including publications, important introductions, moves and travels, births and deaths, and other events that figure prominently in her life and writings, including her journals ...' Great for putting Mary Shelley's life into an historical perspective.

• National Library of Medicine - Birth of Frankenstein - Scientific basis of Mary Shelley's monster - what Mary dreamed, and how Europe's scientific and philosophical thought influenced her novel.

• Romanticism and the Web - Abundant links to Romantic literature sites of all kinds. A terrific research tool for those interested in Romanticism as a cultural phenomenon.

• Watershed Online - Entitled 'Where Can I Go to Find Out More About Mary Shelley and Frankenstein?' this website has a bibliography and further links to the author and her famous novel.

• Bioethics.net - Many articles and links about the ethics of current medical research.