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Classic Readings on Monster Theory : Demonstrare, Volume One / Asa Simon Mittman, Marcus Hensel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Arc ReferencePublisher: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781942401193
  • 9781942401209
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.944 23
LOC classification:
  • GR825 .C53 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
Summary: Companion 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.
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Frontmatter -- 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

Companion 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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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