…part of the wider Romantic interest in the wild and sublime that you see in Gothic literature, but also in travel writing from Norway (+ the family connection).

Good question - I think most of the work on Frankenstein has looked at the polar aspects. I'm not sure if Shelley went to Scandinavia but Mary Wollstonecraft wrote one of the first major travelogues from the region. I don't know if there is a direct influence on Frankenstein, but it's certainly...

Nice to see this in actual print as well!