The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein
The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein is a 2007 book written and published by John Lauritsen, in which the author argues that the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, not his wife Mary Shelley, is the real author of "Frankenstein" (1818), that the novel "has consistently been underrated and misinterpreted", and that its dominant theme is "male love". Lauritsen maintains that handwriting cannot be used to determine the actual author of "Frankenstein". His work received positive reviews in gay publications. However, some commentators in other publications rejected Lauritsen's views and supported the conventional view that "Frankenstein" was written by Mary Shelley.
Mutability (poem)
"Mutability" is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley which appeared in the 1816 collection "Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems". Half of the poem is quoted in his wife Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" although his authorship is not acknowledged in either the 1818 or 1831 editions. She is credited as the author of the lines. There is also a prose version of the same themes of the poem in "Frankenstein". The Creature or Frankenstein's monster also quotes a line from the poem in the novel.