Exploring the Gothic for A2

It is important to be able to contrast modern ‘readings’ of Frankenstein with the persepctives of contemporary readers and critics.  Follow the link here to look at 6 initial reviews of the novel.  Ideally, look at a few of them, but by the next lesson (Wednesday 4th June) please make sure to have read the review specified for you below, and post a comment doing the following:

• summarising that particular reviewer’s views of the novel; 
• evaluating whether this seems typical of commonly held perceptions of early Gothic novels;
• contrasting modern critical reactions to the text.

Reviews allocated as follows.  If there are 2 of you looking at one review, please both write a separate comment.  All comments will be held for moderation and published only once all comments have been submitted:

The Belle Assemblee or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine - Liseli

The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Helen, Shomari

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine - Victoria

The British Critic – Sophie

The Literary Panorama and National Register - Emma

The Quarterly Review - Samantha, Daniel