O objectivo desta dissertação consiste em retratar de forma clara o dragão no imaginário nórdico medieval, procurando esclarecer sobre este três questões gerais: qual a morfologia da criatura no imaginário nórdico; quais as principais obras, lendas e motivos narrativos em que ap…
This dissertation argues that the monsters in Statius’ Thebaid and Silius’ Punica both embody and reproduce dynamics of Flavian culture. These poems are taken together as exemplars of the culture during the reign of Domitian specifically. I conduct close, sustained, textual anal…
Yokai Ukiyo-e is a unique form in the art history of Japan. During the transition period from Edo to Meiji, social turmoils frequently occurred and the values of people were constantly in conflicts. In this fast-changing era, painters maintained a calm observation of the world a…
The presence of giants in the Hebrew Bible has puzzled commentators and scholars. Explication of these monsters has focused upon rationalizing the presence of such clearly mythological creatures or simply concluding that their presence is explained through religious syncretism. …
This project begins by examining current trends in the study of medieval literature, particularly in the area of medieval literature dealing with religious conflict. Literary review demonstrates that since the late 20th century, critical examination of medieval literature has be…
Over the expanse of centuries, human society has created monsters in order to give a physical form to their abstract fears. Society has gone from speaking of them in oral traditions to watching them on a screen in more recent decades, but the written works of these monstrosities…
It is true that most monsters are just figments of the human imagination, but monster stories and monster images have been part of human culture since the very beginning of civilization. They scare and mystify but at the same time they attract. The source of monsters is in our h…
This dissertation argues that over the course of the long nineteenth century, Gothic antagonists moved from supernatural but disembodied beings into more physically monstrous entities. The shift to monster follows traceable lines as the Gothic monster drifted from beings of terr…
Monstrous Reflection
"This book explores the intersection of monster theory and religious studies. Within these chapters lurk a gamut of strange and demonic creatures from the Bronze Age to contemporary popular culture and from Tibet to the Texas-Mexican border, illuminating how monsters reflect cul…
"This book explores the intersection of monster theory and religious studies. Within these chapters lurk a gamut of strange and demonic creatures from the Bronze Age to contemporary popular culture and from Tibet to the Texas-Mexican border, illuminating how monsters reflect cul…
"This book explores the intersection of monster theory and religious studies. Within these chapters lurk a gamut of strange and demonic creatures from the Bronze Age to contemporary popular culture and from Tibet to the Texas-Mexican border, illuminating how monsters reflect cul…
"This book explores the intersection of monster theory and religious studies. Within these chapters lurk a gamut of strange and demonic creatures from the Bronze Age to contemporary popular culture and from Tibet to the Texas-Mexican border, illuminating how monsters reflect cul…
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only limited results when applied to them. This, however, does not equal an absence of monstros…
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only limited results when applied to them. This, however, does not equal an absence of monstros…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Impact of Monsters and Monster Studies -- Part I: History of Monstrosity -- 1 The Monstrous Carib…