My latest @myhnn.bsky.social series installment looks at versions of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's original, Alasdair Gray's Poor Things, Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, + the future-proof industry of movies such as the new Netflix adaptation starring Oscar Isaac as Dr F. tinyurl.com/mw99au3

Before you watch Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein, read @emmagarman.bsky.social on Frankenstein, found documents, and history. www.hnn.us/article/fram...

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The latest in @emmagarman.bsky.social’s series on found documents and fiction, on Pale Fire as a dynamic historical organism: “We, too, must apply almost Kinbote-levels of literary divination if we’re to appreciate the historical framework of Pale Fire.” www.hnn.us/article/secr...

Always read @emmagarman.bsky.social! The history of reading fiction as history — the first piece in a new series on found documents in literature. www.hnn.us/article/a-ki...

Read @emmagarman.bsky.social on literature masquerading as primary source. At a time when the word “fiction” carried only negative connotations of deception and mendacity, the contrivance of “real” primary sources reassured readers of a story’s legitimacy. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/a-ki...