Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Best starting point for Hindle's own single-authored literary criticism.
Author guide
Maurice Hindle Books in Order
Maurice Hindle is an English writer and independent scholar who taught literature at the Open University and other British institutions. His publications include critical studies of Mary Shelley and Shakespeare on film, scholarly editions of works by Mary Shelley, William Godwin, Bram Stoker, and Daniel Defoe, and editorial work on Shakespearean London theatres. His scholarship particularly addresses Romanticism, Gothic literature, literary history, and the relationship between literature and film.
literary criticismscholarly editionsRomantic literatureGothic literatureShakespeare studiesfilm studies
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Start with one of these
Studying Shakespeare on Film
Best starting point for his work on Shakespeare, cinema, and adaptation.
Frankenstein
Representative example of his scholarly editorial work on Gothic literature.
Read in order
Books by series
multi-volume scholarly edition · completed
The Collected Novels and Memoirs of William Godwin
An eight-volume scholarly edition of William Godwin's novels, memoirs, and related writings, general-edited by Mark Philp; Maurice Hindle edited volumes 7 and 8.
- 7 Cloudesley
Book 7 · edited_edition · 1992
- 8 Deloraine
Book 8 · edited_edition · 1992
multi-volume scholarly edition · completed
The Novels of Daniel Defoe
A scholarly edition of Daniel Defoe's novels published by Pickering & Chatto; Maurice Hindle edited volume 8.
- 8 The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque
Book 8 · edited_edition · 2009
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (2)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
nonfiction · 1994
- Studying Shakespeare on Film
nonfiction · 2007
Edited works (4)
- Frankenstein
edited_edition · 1985
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human…
- Caleb Williams
edited_edition · 1988
- Dracula
edited_edition · 1992
- Shakespearean London Theatres
edited_book · 2013
Frequently asked questions about Maurice Hindle
Who is Maurice Hindle?
Maurice Hindle is an English writer and independent scholar known for literary criticism, scholarly editing, and teaching in adult and higher education. His interests include Shakespeare, Romanticism, Gothic literature, and film adaptation.
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Where was Maurice Hindle born, and what did he study?
He was born in Great Barr, Warwickshire. After initially attending Keele University, he studied anthropology at Durham University and received a single-honours degree in 1972.
What was Maurice Hindle’s career at the Open University?
Hindle began teaching for the Open University in 1984 and later worked as an Arts tutor and senior faculty manager. He also taught Shakespeare for many years and helped write and support an Open University Shakespeare course.
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What influences shaped Maurice Hindle’s work?
His interests developed from anthropology and myth, particularly through reading Bronislaw Malinowski, while Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed influenced his commitment to adult education. His doctoral research and supervisor David Musselwhite also shaped his scholarship on Romantic and Gothic literature.
What notable recognition has Maurice Hindle received for his work?
A documented recognition was Arts and Humanities Research Council funding in 2011 for his Shakespearean London Theatres project, which he led to completion with the V&A’s Theatre & Performance Department. The biographical sources consulted do not name a separate major literary prize.
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