Monsters of the Gévaudan the making of a beast
by
 
Smith, Jay M., 1961-

Title
: 
Monsters of the Gévaudan the making of a beast

Author
: 
Smith, Jay M., 1961-

Personal Author
: 
Smith, Jay M., 1961-

Publication Information
: 
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

Physical Description
: 
378 p.

Contents
: 
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.

Subject Term
: 
Popular culture -- France -- Gévaudan -- History -- 18th century.
 
Beast of Gévaudan -- History.
 
Wolf attacks -- France -- Gévaudan -- History -- 18th century.
 
Wolves -- France -- Gévaudan -- Folklore.
 
Monsters -- France -- Gévaudan -- Folklore.
 
Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects -- France -- History.
 
Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Geographic Term
: 
Gévaudan (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.

Genre
: 
Electronic books.

Added Corporate Author
: 
ProQuest (Firm)

Electronic Access
: 
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