03429nam 22005892 450 991079325610332120220810233129.01-64189-440-71-64189-948-41-942401-20-510.1515/9781942401209(CKB)4100000007267928(MdBmJHUP)muse72001(DE-B1597)528872(DE-B1597)9781942401209(OCoLC)1097597661(UkCbUP)CR9781942401209(MiAaPQ)EBC5752284(EXLCZ)99410000000726792820201011d2020|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierClassic readings on monster theory[electronic resource] /edited by Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus HenselLeeds :Arc Humanities Press,2020.1 online resource (128 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Arc referenceTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).1-942401-19-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --List of Illustrations --Acknowledgements --Introduction: "A Marvel of Monsters" /Mittman, Asa Simon / Hensel, Marcus --PART I. MONSTER THEORY --"Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" /Tolkien, J. R. R. --"A Measure of Man," excerpted from The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought /Block Friedman, John --"The Nature of Horror," from The Philosophy of Horror /Carroll, Noël --"Rethinking the Canon: Prophets, Canons, and Promising Monsters" /Camille, Michael --"Monster Culture (Seven Theses)" /Jerome Cohen, Jeffrey --PART II. ALLIED THEORIES --"Introduction," from Orientalism /Said, Edward --"Approaching Abjection," from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection /Kristeva, Julia --"Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity," from Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters /Halberstam, J. --"From Wonder to Error: A Genealogy of Freak Discourse in Modernity," from Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body /Garland Thomson, Rosemarie --IndexCompanion volumes 'Classic Readings on Monster Theory' and 'Primary Sources on Monsters' gather a wide range of readings and sources to enable us to see and understand what monsters can show us about what it means to be human. The first volume introduces important modern theorists of the monstrous and aims to provide interpretive tools and strategies for students to use to grapple with the primary sources in the second volume, which brings together some of the most influential and indicative monster narratives from the West.Arc reference.Monsters in popular cultureMonstersMonsters in literatureMonsters in popular cultureMonsters in popular culture.Monsters.Monsters in literature.Monsters in popular culture.001.944Mittman Asa Simon1976-Hensel Marcus1976-UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910793256103321Classic readings on monster theory3829481UNINA