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The unnameable monster in literature and film
- Title
- The unnameable monster in literature and film / Maria Beville.
- Author
- Beville, Maria.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book visits the 'Thing' in its various manifestations as an unnameable monster in literature and film, reinforcing the idea that the very essence of the monster is its excess and its indeterminacy. Tied primarily to the artistic modes of the gothic, science fiction, and horror, the unnameable monster retains a persistent presence in literary forms as a reminder of the sublime object that exceeds our worst fears. Beville examines various representations of this elusive monster and argues that we must looks at the monster, rather than through it, at ourselves. As such, this book responds to the obsessive manner in which the monsters of literature and culture are 'managed' in processes of classification and in claims that they serve a social function by embodying all that is horrible in the human imagination." -- Publisher website.
- Series Statement
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 21
- Uniform Title
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 21.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Monsters as we know them: a history of named monsters -- Articulating the abstract: theories of the unnameable -- "Things" not to be named nor understood: the unnameable monster in nineteenth century literature -- The "thing" keeps coming back: modern and postmodern nondescripts -- The spectacle of the lack: real-ising the monster on screen -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-3395
- ISBN
- 9780415833622 (alk. paper)
- 0415833620 (alk. paper)
- 9780203496916 (ebk)
- 0203496914 (ebk)
- LCCN
- 2013025203
- 40022969205
- OCLC
- 846889774
- Author
- Beville, Maria.
- Title
- The unnameable monster in literature and film / Maria Beville.
- Publisher
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 21Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 21.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022969205
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-3395