TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Jay M. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Monsters of the GĂ©vaudan: the making of a beast AV - DC611.G4 S64 2011eb 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 KW - local 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10456097 ER -