TY - BOOK AU - Stypczynski,Brent A. TI - The Modern Literary Werewolf: A Critical Study of the Mutable Motif SN - 9780786469659 (softcover : alk. paper) AV - PN56.W45 S79 2013 (F) U1 - 809/.93374 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers KW - Werewolves in literature KW - Shapeshifting KW - Metamorphosis in literature N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -