Nature of the Beast (eBook)

Transformations of the Werewolf from the 1970s to the Twenty-First Century

Carys Crossen (Autor)

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2019
304 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-457-7 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

The monograph is intended for use at university level and presupposes a level of familiarity with cultural theory and Gothic theory. It would be appropriate for use on undergraduate level courses and for anyone conducting research on the contemporary werewolf. However, it will also appeal to those with a greater than average knowledge of the lycanthrope or contemporary horror and fantasy fiction.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Introduction
‘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
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Gothic Literary Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1970s • Beast • Century • First • from • Nature • of • to • transformations • Twenty • werewolf
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-457-X / 178683457X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-457-7 / 9781786834577