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  • Dylan Shulman
    Dylan Shulman was an Editorial Intern at Encyclopædia Britannica in 2023 and 2024. He graduated in 2023 with a B.A. in journalism and French from the University of Maryland.

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Added a paragraph about the influence of the Industrial Revolution on Romantic principles and the novel's themes. Sep 29, 2026
Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Frankenstein. Aug 29, 2026
Corrected statement about Percy Shelley's first wife being pregnant in 1816. Nov 18, 2025
Added a cross-reference. Nov 10, 2025
Added top questions and more head levels. Sep 29, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Cal Poly Humboldt - Personal Problems = Great Literature: Shelley's Motherhood Issues Reflected In Frankenstein (PDF). Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Toronto Metropolitan University Pressbooks - Frankenstein - LibriVox Audio Book. Jun 19, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerx - The Frankenstein Complex and Asimov?s Three Laws. Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences - Frankenstein: A Romantic Novel (PDF). Dec 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Lit2Go - "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus". Aug 02, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Pennsylvania - School of Arts and Sciences - On Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. May 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Apr 17, 2024
Media added. Oct 31, 2023
Media added. Oct 31, 2023
Media added. Oct 18, 2023
In the discussion of Claire Clairmont, changed “half sister” to “stepsister.” Oct 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. Sep 05, 2023
New article added. Aug 02, 2023
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