Copyright © 2018 Mark A. McCutcheon

Published by AU Press, Athabasca University

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Cover image: Deadmau5 live in San Francisco. Copyright © 2015 by Maurizio Pesce.

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ISBN 978-1-77199-236-7 (cl.)     978-1-77199-224-4 (pbk.)

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doi: 10.15215/aupress/9781771992244.01

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

McCutcheon, Mark A., 1972-, author

The medium is the monster : Canadian adaptations of Frankenstein and the discourse of technology / Mark A. McCutcheon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

1. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851—Adaptations. 2. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851—Influence. 3. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851. Frankenstein. 4. McLuhan, Marshall, 1911–1980—Adaptations. 5. McLuhan, Marshall, 1911–1980—Influence. 6. Technology in popular culture. 7. Technology in popular culture—Canada. 8. Technology in literature. 9. Technology and civilization. 10. Technology and civilization in literature. I. Title.

PR5397.F738M33 2018          823’.7     C2018-900180-1

C2018-900181-X

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