Victoria in Two Twenty-First-Century Film Re-visions of Frankenstein

Abstract In this article, I will explore how the character of Victoria is represented in the British made-for-television film, Frankenstein (Jed Mercurio, 2007) and the US horror movie, The Frankenstein Syndrome (Scott Tretta, 2011). By approaching these productions through the lens of adaptation th...

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