Monsters of the Gevaudan : the making of a beast

Publication Data

• Title Monsters of the Gevaudan : the making of a beast
• Author Jay M. Smith
• Publisher Harvard University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Cambridge, Mass.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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
• Gévaudan (France) :: Social life and customs :: 18th century
• Gévaudan (France)

Monsters of the Gevaudan : the making of a beast by Jay M. Smith. ISBN 9780674047167. Published by Harvard University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.