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A culture defines monsters against what is essentially thought of as human. Creatures such as the harpy, the siren, the witch, and the half-human all threaten to destroy our sense of power and intelligence and usurp our human consciousness. In this way, monster myths actually work to define a culture's definition of what is human. In Monsters in the Italian Literary Imagination, a broad range of scholars examine the monster in Italian culture and its evolution from the medieval period to the twentieth century. <p>Editor Keala Jewell explores how Italian culture juxtaposes the powers of the monster against the human. The essays in this volume engage a wide variety of philological, feminist, and psychoanalytical approaches and examine monstrous figures from the medieval to post-modern periods. They each share a critical interest in how monsters reflect a culture's dominant ideologies.</p> <p> Monsters in the Italian Literary Imagination will interest scholars and students of literary theory and criticism, gender studies, cultural studies, art, and Italian studies.</p>

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Author

Keala Jewell

Publisher

Wayne State University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814328385

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Literary Collections