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Slender Man is coming : creepypasta and contemporary legends on the Internet
- Title
- Slender Man is coming : creepypasta and contemporary legends on the Internet / edited by Trevor J. Blank, Lynne S. McNeill.
- Publication
- Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-1110 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 187 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Exploring the menacing figure of Slender Man, the blank-faced, long-limbed bogeyman born of a Photoshop contest, who has appeared in horror stories circulated on- and offline among young people. An unprecedented folkloric take, analyzing him within contemporary legend studies, "creepypastas," folk belief, and children's culture"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Horror fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "The sort of story that has you covering your mirrors" : the case of Slender Man / Jeffrey A. Tolbert -- The cowl of Cthulhu : ostensive practice in the digital age : the more you know about him, the closer he gets / Andrew Peck -- "What happens when the pictures are no longer Photoshops?" : Slender Man, belief, and the unacknowledged common experience / Andrea Kitta -- "Dark and wicked things"? : Slender Man, the folkloresque, and the implications of belief / Jeffrey A. Tolbert -- The emperor's new lore, or who believes in the big bad Slender Man? / Mikel J. Koven -- Slender Man, H. P. Lovecraft, and the dynamics of horror cultures -- Slender Man is coming to get your little brother or sister : teenagers' pranks posted on YouTube / Timothy H. Evans / Elizabeth Tucker -- Monstrous media and media monsters : from Cottingley to Waukesha / Paul Manning.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1110
- ISBN
- 9781607327806
- 1607327805
- LCCN
- 2018000471
- OCLC
- 1020293406
- Title
- Slender Man is coming : creepypasta and contemporary legends on the Internet / edited by Trevor J. Blank, Lynne S. McNeill.
- Publisher
- Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Blank, Trevor J., editor.McNeill, Lynne S., editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1110