Discusses literature as a means of approaching medical and bioethical issues. Examines topics such as technology's creature, illness and culture, and end of life issues.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Recent Contributions in Exploring Social Issues through Literature.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Series Foreword.
Preface.
Chronology of Events in Literature, Medicine, and Science.
Introduction.
1 Technology's Creature: An Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter".
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus (1818).
