also jack-boot (jÄkâ²boÍotâ²) n. 1. a. A stout military boot with a flared top that extends above the knee. b. A stout military boot that has an often studded sole, lacks laces, and extends to mid-calf.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was created in the nineteenth century. This time period has very distinct characteristics in writing and life, many of these characteristics are prominently shown in Frankenstein. The supernatural was very popular in the 1800's this came with romanticism, which was very popular then (Faculty of Humanities, University of Capetown).
popularily it is horror, technically it is science-fiction. of some intererest Mary Shelley did not write any other science-fiction romances or novels, just Frankenstein, so the monster work, indeed. a more science-fictional development of related ideas will be found in Donovans Brain and on a sexier node- The Head.