The first last man: Mary Shelley and the postapocalyptic imagination

Preface. Mary Shelley Created “Frankenstein,” and Then a Pandemic

Introduction. Contagions of Misfortune: Plague as a Metaphor for Disaster

Journals of Sorrow: Mary Shelley’s Existential Philosophy of Love

The Plague of War: Salvaging the Significance of Mary Shelley’s Translation of Oedipus Rex

Mary Shelley’s The Last Man: Existentialism and International Relations Meet the Postapocalyptic Pandemic Novel

Postface. The Last Woman in Self-Quarantine

Acknowledgments. Or, Coming Full Circle.