Research Catalog

Title

Fabulous monsters : Dracula, Alice, Superman, and other literary friends / Alberto Manguel ; with illustrations by the author.

Author

Manguel, Alberto

Publication

• New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xxiii, 228 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet's mother, and Dr. Frankenstein's mal igned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel's own "doodles" complete this delightful and magical book.

Subject

• Manguel, Alberto > Books and reading
• Manguel, Alberto
• 1900-1999
• Fictitious characters > Influence
• Characters and characteristics in literature > History and criticism
• Persona (Literature) > History and criticism
• Books and reading
• Characters and characteristics in literature

Genre/Form

Essays.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-228).

Contents

Preface -- Monsieur Bovary -- Little Red Riding Hood -- Dracula -- Alice -- Faust -- Gertrude -- Superman -- Don Juan -- Lilith -- The Wandering Jew -- Sleeping Beauty -- Phoebe -- Hsing-chen -- Jim -- The Chimera -- Robinson Crusoe -- Queegueg -- Tyrant Banderas -- Cide Hamete Benegeli -- Job -- Quasimodo -- Casaubon -- Satan -- The Hippogriff -- Captain Nemo -- Frankenstein's monster -- Sandy -- Jonah -- Dona Emilia -- The Wendigo -- Heidi's Grandfather -- Clever Elsie -- Long John Silver -- Karagöz and Hacivat -- Émile -- Sinbad -- Wakefield.

Call Number

JFD 20-626

ISBN

• 9780300247381
• 0300247389

LCCN

2019936416

OCLC

1134461168

Author

Manguel, Alberto, author, illustrator.

Title

Fabulous monsters : Dracula, Alice, Superman, and other literary friends / Alberto Manguel ; with illustrations by the author.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-228).

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

JFD 20-626