Title Monsters of the Gévaudan : the making of a beast / Jay M. Smith.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: The beast and its world -- Sounding the alarm -- Monsters real and imagined -- Digesting defeat -- A star is born -- The perils of publicity -- Heroes and skeptics -- Exaggerated expectations and extraordinary endings -- Narrative echoes past and present -- Conclusion: The beast in history -- Note on place names.
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Subject	Gévaudan (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
	Popular culture -- France -- Gévaudan -- History -- 18th century.
	Popular culture.
	France -- Gévaudan.
	History.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Beast of Gévaudan -- History.
	Beast of Gévaudan.
	Wolf attacks -- France -- Gévaudan -- History -- 18th century.
	Wolf attacks.
	Wolves -- France -- Gévaudan -- Folklore.
	Wolves.
Genre/Form	Folklore.
Subject	Monsters -- France -- Gévaudan -- Folklore.
	Monsters.
	Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects -- France -- History.
	Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects.
	France.
	Narration (Rhetoric)
	Discourse analysis, Narrative.
	Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Chronological Term	1700 - 1799
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Smith, Jay M., 1961- Monsters of the Gevaudan. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674047167 (DLC) 2010044994 (OCoLC)676725351
ISBN	9780674061323 (electronic book)
	0674061322 (electronic book)
	9780674047167 (alkaline paper)
	0674047168 (alkaline paper)

Title Monsters of the Gévaudan : the making of a beast / Jay M. Smith.

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