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

By: Smith, Jay M, 1961-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: 378 p.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 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; 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.

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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.