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The Modern Literary Werewolf : A Critical Study of the Mutable Motif / Brent A. Stypczynski.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [ 2013]Description: vii, 217 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780786469659 (softcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809/.93374 23
LOC classification:
  • PN56.W45 S79 2013 (F)
Contents:
It's only in your head -- The disc's k-9 unit -- Wolf in professor's clothing -- Southern wolves -- Secondary worlds and wolf cousins -- Variety.
Summary: "Throughout history, from at least as far back as the Epic of Gilgamesh, mankind has shown a fascination with physical transformation. Tales of such transformations appear in every culture across the course of history. This book approaches werewolves as representations of a proposed shape-shifter archetype, examining how and why the archetype has been employed in modern literature"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.

It's only in your head -- The disc's k-9 unit -- Wolf in professor's clothing -- Southern wolves -- Secondary worlds and wolf cousins -- Variety.

"Throughout history, from at least as far back as the Epic of Gilgamesh, mankind has shown a fascination with physical transformation. Tales of such transformations appear in every culture across the course of history. This book approaches werewolves as representations of a proposed shape-shifter archetype, examining how and why the archetype has been employed in modern literature"--Provided by publisher.

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