| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 102 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Arc reference |
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Arc reference.
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| Contents |
Introduction : "a marvel of monsters" / Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus Hensel -- Monster theory. "Beowulf : the monsters and the critics" / J.R.R. Tolkien ; "A measure of man," excerpted from The monstrous races in medieval art and thought / John Block Friedman ; "The nature of horror," from The philosophy of horror / Noël Carroll ; "Rethinking the canon : prophets, canons, and promising monsters" / Michael Camille ; "Monster culture (seven theses)" / Jeffrey Jerome Cohen -- Allied theories. "Introduction," from Orientalism / Edward Said ; "Approaching abjection," from Powers of horror : an essay on abjection / Julia Kristeva ; "Parasites and perverts : an introduction to gothic monstrosity," from Skin shows : gothic horror and the technology of monsters / J. Halberstam ; "From wonder to error : a genealogy of freak discourse in modernity," from Freakery : cultural spectacles of the extraordinary body / Rosemarie Garland Thomson |
| Summary |
This volume gathers a wide range of readings and sources to enable us to see and understand what monsters show us about what it means to be human. This book introduces the most important and influential modern theorists of the monstrous |
| Notes |
"Amsterdam University Press"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Monsters.
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REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Horror & Supernatural.
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Monsters
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Paranormal.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mittman, Asa Simon, 1976- editor.
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Hensel, Marcus, editor
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| ISBN |
9781942401209 |
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1942401205 |
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