Author: Smith, Jay M.,1961-
Title: Monsters of the Gevaudan: the making of a beast
Published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011
Description: 378 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number: DC611 G4 S64 2011
Bibliography: https://monstersofthegevaudan.web.unc.edu/bibliography/
Content(s):
- 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
Subject(s):
- Gevaudan (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- 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
Review(s):
- Zaretsky, Robert. "Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast." Journal Of Interdisciplinary History 42, no. 3 (Winter 2012): 459-461
- SMITH, JUSTIN E. H. "Our Animals, Ourselves." Chronicle Of Higher Education 58, no. 15 (December 2, 2011): B6-B10
- Darnton, Robert. "The Wolf Man's Revenge." New York Review Of Books 58, no. 10 (June 9, 2011): 39-41
Read: April 24, 2011
