<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>From the <I>Longman Cultural Editions</I> series, this second edition of<I> Frankenstein </I>p</B><B>resents Mary Shelley's remarkable novel in several provocative and illuminating contexts: cultural, critical, and literary.   </B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Series Editor Susan J. Wolfson presents the 1818 version of Mary Shelley's famous novel in its cultural and historical contexts. Like all great works of fiction, <I>Frankenstein</I> gains depth and dimension from its "conversation" with contemporary texts, especially those by Shelley's own parents, husband, and friends.  A lively introduction is complemented by a chronology coordinating Shelley's life with key historical events and a speculative calendar of the novel's events in the late eighteenth century.  In addition to the 1818 text, this cultural edition features the introduction to and a sample revision of the 1831 version.  New to this Edition is Frankentalk, a section of selected references to <I>Frankenstein</I> in the popular press, and the complete text of Richard Brinsley Peake's <I>Frankenstein, A Romantic Drama</I>, the first stage version of Frankenstein.</P>