Monsters of the G�evaudan [electronic resource] : the making of a beast / Jay M. Smith.
By: Smith, Jay M.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: 378 p.Subject(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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 599.7730944/81 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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