Science of Life and Death in Frankenstein, TheWhat is life? This was a question of particular concern for Mary Shelley and her contemporaries. But how did she, and her fellow Romantic writers, incorporate this debate into their work, and how much were they influenced by contemporary science, medicine and personal loss? The Science of Life and Death in Frankenstein is the first book to compile the many attempts in science and medicine to account for life and death in Mary Shelley's time. It