Classic readings on monster theory / / edited by Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus Hensel [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (128 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 001.944 |
Collana | Arc reference |
Soggetto topico | Monsters in popular culture |
ISBN |
1-64189-948-4
1-942401-20-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467641803321 |
Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Classic readings on monster theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus Hensel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (128 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 001.944 |
Collana | Arc reference |
Soggetto topico |
Monsters in popular culture
Monsters Monsters in literature |
ISBN |
1-64189-440-7
1-64189-948-4 1-942401-20-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793256103321 |
Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Classic readings on monster theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus Hensel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (128 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 001.944 |
Collana | Arc reference |
Soggetto topico |
Monsters in popular culture
Monsters Monsters in literature |
ISBN |
1-64189-440-7
1-64189-948-4 1-942401-20-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810056003321 |
Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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