Carol Margaret Davison is a distinguished literary scholar whose work delves into the rich territories of women's writing, Gothic, Victorian, and postcolonial literature. Her expertise spans diverse literary traditions, examining their intricate nuances and historical contexts with keen insight. Davison brings a deep understanding to the connections between literary works and broader cultural currents. Her scholarship is valued for its perceptive analyses and its ability to illuminate often-overlooked aspects of literary history.
Bodysnatcher provides new insight into the infamous story of Burke and Hare, who committed murders that shook 19th century Edinburgh. Told from the points of view of Burke and his partner Nelly, the darkly Gothic narrative exposes the psyche of a killer while also giving voice to the woman who endured his horrors.
Consisting of sixteen original essays by experts in the field, including leading and lesser-known international scholars, Global Frankenstein considers the tremendous adaptability and rich afterlives of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, Frankenstein, at its bicentenary, in such fields and disciplines as digital technology, film, theatre, dance, medicine, book illustration, science fiction, comic books, science, and performance art. This ground-breaking, celebratory volume, edited by two established Gothic Studies scholars, reassesses Frankenstein’s global impact for the twenty-first century across a myriad of cultures and nations, from Japan, Mexico, and Turkey, to Britain, Iraq, Europe, and North America. Offering compelling critical dissections of reincarnations of Frankenstein, a generically hybrid novel described by its early reviewers as a “bold,” “bizarre,” and “impious” production by a writer “with no common powers of mind”, this collection interrogates its sustained relevance over two centuries during which it has engaged with such issues as mortality, global capitalism, gender, race, embodiment, neoliberalism, disability, technology, and the role of science.