Creolizing Frankenstein

This book has reanimated the Frankenstein monster as a timely metaphor for creolization in the wake of Black Lives Matter and the global momentum to decolonize the curriculum. Michael R. Paradiso-Michau has skillfully stitched together this edited collection to mark the hybridity of Mary Shelley’s creation—now reborn to speak for a new generation. -- Marie Mulvey-Roberts, University of the West of England and co-editor of Global Frankenstein
Creolizing Frankenstein is a rich and varied text, one that examines Mary Shelley’s novel from any number of interesting perspectives. The scholarship gathered here by editor Michael R. Paradiso-Michau proved engaging and insightful and simply fun to read. A great text for anyone who hopes to engage with Frankenstein and its enduring value, its ability to speak to culture, no matter the age in which it is read. -- Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling
One of the main strengths of the collection is that its contributors come from various disciplines and career stages, many of the most inventive essays are by younger scholars. It is a volume true to its word, employing a range of creolized devices to proliferate new readings of a canonical novel. A key to its originality is that it explores of how Frankenstein, and Frankenstein, continue to resonate and be re-interpreted through the present. It thus constitutes a welcome expansion of ongoing debates about the novel into Caribbean Studies and other new territory. * Review 19 *