Classic Readings on Monster Theory

doi:10.1017/9781942401209

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
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Illustrations
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction: “A Marvel of Monsters”
pp 1-8

PART I - MONSTER THEORY
pp 9-10

“Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”
pp 11-30

“A Measure of Man,” excerpted from The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought
pp 31-40

“The Nature of Horror,” from The Philosophy of Horror
pp 41-52

“Rethinking the Canon: Prophets, Canons, and Promising Monsters”
pp 53-60

“Monster Culture (Seven Theses)”
pp 61-76

PART II: - ALLIED THEORIES
pp 77-78

“Introduction,” from Orientalism
pp 79-90

“Approaching Abjection,” from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
pp 91-100

“Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity,” from Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters
pp 101-116

“From Wonder to Error: A Genealogy of Freak Discourse in Modernity,” from Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body
pp 117-128

Contributor Biographies
pp 129-129

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