Monsters of the G�evaudan [electronic resource] : the making of a beast / Jay M. Smith.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: 378 pSubject(s): - Popular culture -- France -- G�evaudan -- History -- 18th century
- Beast of G�evaudan -- History
- Wolf attacks -- France -- G�evaudan -- History -- 18th century
- Wolves -- France -- G�evaudan -- Folklore
- Monsters -- France -- G�evaudan -- Folklore
- Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects -- France -- History
- Discourse analysis, Narrative
- G�evaudan (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
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- DC611.G4 S64 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The beast and its world -- Sounding the alarm -- Monsters real and imagined -- Digesting defeat -- A star is born -- The perils of publicity -- Heroes and skeptics -- Exaggerated expectations and extraordinary endings -- Narrative echoes past and present -- Conclusion: The beast in history -- Note on place names.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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