The Last Man follows a contagion from Constantinople outward. A new edition pairs the novel with Shelley’s private journal of grief after personal loss.

Understanding Artificial Intelligence: A Critical Introduction for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to research and development in a handful of STEM di...

The catastrophic story is familiar, but the insight, and the ending, offer an opportunity, and perhaps motivation, for modern readers.

We are looking forward to our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s  The Last Man . The event will take place on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University of Notr...

An Anthropic researcher quit his job because he believes AI will destroy humanity. His story is going viral because so many others want to believe too.

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We are looking forward to our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s&nbsp; The Last Man .&nbsp;The event will take place&nbsp;on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University of Notr...

Consider joining us for our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s&nbsp; The Last Man (1826)! &nbsp;The event will take place&nbsp;on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University ...

The conference programs for the 2026 meeting of the John Locke Society and the associated 2026 meeting of the Japanese Society for British Philosophy are now available: John Locke Society 2026 conference program Japanese Society for British Philosophy, 2026 Australia-Japan Special Conference program

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Literary history has recognized Eileen O’Shaughnessy only for marrying the unmarriable George Orwell. He was an emerging writer and aspiring socialist who had worked under his pen name since the publi...

This HSC Masterclass focuses on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the ‘Worlds of Upheaval’ that the text explores.

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. Mary Wollstonecraft Manuscript Material. ‘[?Holograph] fragment from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ [?Oct ...

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In 2016, The New York Public Library (NYPL) acquired four manuscript pages of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) that appeared to be in her hand. This article provide...

Few manuscripts from Mary Wollstonecraft’s published writings survive. Until recently, there were assumed to be only two extant: the holograph of her

A torn page bearing Dylan’s lyrics for the 1967 song I’m Not There is set to go under the hammer in April when it could fetch £40,000

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There was a doctor in Chicago years ago named Victor Frankenstein, and one of his jobs was finding medical specimens. When you visit his grave, ponder just how much Mary Shelley’s creation remains ali...