Monsters and the Monstrous

Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil

Bibliographic Data

ID19907877
AuthorsNiall Scott (0000-0001-5120-4132, corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages235
Publication date2007-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMonsters and the Monstrous (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789401204811
OpenAlexW604402127
Open LibraryOL29705642M
ISBN9789401204811
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Emerging from depths comes a series of papers dealing with one of the most significant creations that reflects on and critiques human existence. Both a warning and a demonstration, the monster as myth and metaphor provides an articulation of human imagination that toys with the permissible and impermissible. Monsters from zombies to cuddly cartoon characters, emerging from sewers, from pages of literature, propaganda posters, movies and heavy metal, all are covered in this challenging, scholarly collection. This volume the third in the series presents a marvellous collection of studies on the metaphor of the monster in literature, cinema, music, culture, philosophy, history and politics. Both historical reflection and concerns of our time are addressed with clarity and written in an accessible manner providing appeal for the scholar and lay reader alike. This eclectic collection will be of interest to academics and students working in a range of disciplines, such as cultural studies, film studies, political theory, philosophy and literature studies

Aesthetics · Appeal · Art · CLARITY · Literature · Media studies · Metaphor · Monster · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Monsters · Monsters in art · Monsters in literature · Monsters in mass media · Monsters in motion pictures · mythical animals

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