In this fascinating book, Brian J. Frost presents the first full-scale survey of werewolf literature covering both fiction and nonfiction works. He identifies principal elements in the werewolf myth, considers various theories of the phenomenon of shapeshifting, surveys nonfiction books, and traces the myth from its origins in ancient superstitions to its modern representations in fantasy and horror fiction. Frost’s analysis encompasses fanciful medieval beliefs, popular works by Victorian authors, scholarly treatises and medical papers, and short stories from pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s. Revealing the complex nature of the werewolf phenomenon and its tremendous and continuing influence, The Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature is destined to become a standard reference on the subject.
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Covering both fiction and nonfiction works,
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The Essential Guide To Werewolf Literature by Brian J. Frost is a thoughtful and informative survey of werewolf literature, covering both fiction and nonfiction works ranging from popular Victorian tales; to scholarly treatises and medical papers; to the short stories that peppered pulp magazines in the 1930s and 40s. An inherently fascinating examination of the human response to the werewolf phenomenon and its powerful, continuing influence on aspects of popular culture, The Essential Guide To Werewolf Literature is an impressively thorough and scholarly contribution to Popular Culture supplemental reading lists and Literary Criticism reference collections.
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a book that has many complicaions of werewolves storys and thier origin. Very intresting book if you like or intrested in lychens
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