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The
Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature
Brian J. Frost
A Ray and Pat Browne Book, in
the Popular Press imprint
"Both a superior source of
research and a fun read!"
—Gary
Hoppenstand, Michigan State University
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.
Brian J. Frost is the author of Book of the Werewolf
and The Monster with a Thousand Faces: Guises of the Vampire
in Myth and Literature.
For more information contact
our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu
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LC: 2003007229 PN
384 pp. 6 x 9
ISBN 978-0-87972-859-5
Cloth $45.00 s
ISBN 978-0-87972-860-1
Paper $17.95 t
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