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Monsters : Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2003
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.