In recognition of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Lifetime Learning is re-posting the October 2015 article “Twin Monsters” by Susan Tyler Hitchcock. Hitchcock (GSAS ’78), author of Frankenstein: A Cultural History (Norton, 2007), was formerly a faculty member in the University of Virginia‘s School of Engineering and Applied Science. She […]
Lord Byron
Written by Susan Tyler Hitchcock (GSAS ’78), former professor of humanities in the U.Va. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, current senior book editor at National Geographic and author of Frankenstein: A Cultural History (Norton, 2007). It’s the time of year to think about monsters. Two of the most iconic monsters of our time, Dracula and the […]