TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Jay M. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Monsters of the Gevaudan: the making of a beast AV - DC611.G4 S64 2011 U1 - 599.7730944/81 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Popular culture KW - France KW - Gevaudan KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Beast of Gevaudan KW - Wolf attacks KW - Wolves KW - Folklore KW - Monsters KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - Social aspects KW - Discourse analysis, Narrative KW - Gevaudan (France) KW - Social life and customs KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3300929 ER -