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Monsters : evil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors / David D. Gilmore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilmore, David D., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monsters.
- Animals, Mythical.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages :) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Like so many other eternal adolescents, I am fascinated by imaginary monsters- especially the luscious ghouls and extraterrestrials in sci-fi literature and Hollywood films. They always inspired both dread and attraction in me, or perhaps empathy is a better word. So, given this morbid interest, the present book may represent a coming to grips with a juvenile obsession that has endured well into middle age. The appeal of monsters reaches a peak in childhood, when all prudent boys and girls check under their beds at night for demons, but it lingers well into adulthood. In those who are seriously weird-a category I admit belonging to-it evolves into a luxurious repertory of fantasies, anxieties, and phobias.
- Contents:
- Why study monsters?
- How to approach monsters
- Monsters in the west, I: the ancient world
- Monsters in the west, II: the Christian era
- Windigo: monster of the north
- An American monstruary
- The ogres of Asia
- Japan and the Pacific islands
- Ritual monsters
- Our monsters, ourselves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812203226
- 0812203224
- OCLC:
- 802059457
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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