Monsters in the Italian literary imagination /
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| Imprint: | Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, ©2001. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217131 |
| Summary: | A culture defines monsters against what is essentially thought of as human. Creatures such as the harpy, the siren, the witch, and the half-human all threaten to destroy our sense of power and intelligence and usurp our human consciousness. In this way, monster myths actually work to define a culture's definition of what is human. In Monsters in the Italian Literary Imagination, a broad range of scholars examine the monster in Italian culture and its evolution from the medieval period to the twentieth century. Editor Keala Jewell explores how Italian culture juxtaposes the powers of the monster against the human. The essays in this volume engage a wide variety of philological, feminist, and psychoanalytical approaches and examine monstrous figures from the medieval to postmodern periods. They each share a critical interest in how monsters reflect a culture's dominant ideologies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814339879 0814339875 0814328385 9780814328385 |