Monsters of the Gevaudan [electronic resource] : the making of a beast / Jay M. Smith.

By: Smith, Jay M, 1961-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: 378 pISBN: 9780674061323 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Popular culture -- France -- Gevaudan -- History -- 18th century | Beast of Gevaudan -- History | Wolf attacks -- France -- Gevaudan -- History -- 18th century | Wolves -- France -- Gevaudan -- Folklore | Monsters -- France -- Gevaudan -- Folklore | Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects -- France -- History | Discourse analysis, Narrative | Gevaudan (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 599.7730944/81 LOC classification: DC611.G4 | S64 2011Online resources: Click to View
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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