Monsters : evil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors / David D. Gilmore.
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...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Monsters : |b evil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors / |c David D. Gilmore. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a 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. | |
| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 506 | |a Access limited to authorized users. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Monsters. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Animals, Mythical. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |t Monsters. |d Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003 |z 0812237021 |w (DLC) 2002028505 |w (OCoLC)50155430 |
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