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1 online resource (xi, 280 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Gothic literary studies
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Gothic literary studies.
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| Summary |
The werewolf in popular fiction has begun to change rapidly. Literary critics have observed this development and its impact on the werewolf in fiction, with theorists arguing that the modern werewolf offers new possibilities about how we view identity and the self. Although this monograph is preoccupied with the same concerns, it represents a departure from other critical works by analysing the werewolf's subjectivity/identity as a work-in-progress, where the fixed and final form is yet to be arrived at - and may never be fully accomplished. Using the critical theories of Deleuze and Guattari and their concepts of 'multiplicities' and 'becoming', this work argues that the werewolf is in a state of constant evolution as it develops new modes of being in popular fiction. Following on from this examination of lycanthropic subjectivity, the book goes on to examine the significant developments that have resulted from the advent of the werewolf as subject, few of which have received any sustained critical attention to date |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
'Some wolves are hairy on the inside': the werewolf's journey towards subjectivity -- Do you enjoy the company of wolves? The lycanthrope, the werewolf pack and human society -- 'Before the law therefore, there cannot be monsters ... ' -- The werewolf in the concrete jungle -- Growing pains: lycanthropy in contemporary young adult fiction |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Werewolves in literature.
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Werewolves in literature. |
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Werewolves -- History and criticism.
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Werewolves. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version : Crossen, Carys Elizabeth. Nature of the beast. Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2019 1786834561 (OCoLC)1101773417 |
| ISBN |
9781786834577 (electronic book) |
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178683457X (electronic book) |
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9781786834584 (epub) |
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1786834588 (epub) |
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9781786834591 (mobi) |
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1786834596 (mobi) |
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9781786834560 (hardback) |
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1786834561 (hardback) |
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