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Modern Monsters

Kelley York
Modern Monsters Book PDF

Author : Kelley York
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781633750043

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Modern Monsters by Kelley York Pdf

Vic Howard never wanted to go to the party. He's the Invisible Guy at school, a special kind of hell for quiet, nice guys. But because his best friend is as popular as Vic is ignored, he went... And wished he hadn't. Because something happened to a girl that night. Something terrible, unimaginable, and Callie Wheeler's life will never be the same. Plus, now Callie has told the police that Vic is responsible. Suddenly, Invisible Vic is painfullyvisible, on trial both literally, with the police, and figuratively, with the angry kids at school. As the whispers and violence escalate, he becomes determined to clear his name, even if it means an uneasy alliance with Callie's best friend, the beautiful but aloof Autumn Dixon. But as Autumn and Vic slowly peel back the layers of what happened at the party, they realize that while the truth can set Vic free, it can also shatter everything he thought he knew about his life...

Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters

Lynnette Porter
Tarnished Heroes Charming Villains and Modern Monsters Book PDF

Author : Lynnette Porter
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786457953

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Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters by Lynnette Porter Pdf

The heroes, villains, and monsters portrayed in such popular science fiction television series as Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Doctor Who, and Torchwood, as well as Joss Whedon’s many series, illustrate a shift from traditional, clearly defined characterizations toward much murkier definitions. Traditional heroes give way to “gray” heroes who must become more like the villains or monsters they face if they are going to successfully save society. This book examines the ambiguous heroes and villains, focusing on these characters’ different perspectives on morality and their roles within society. Appendices include production details for each series, descriptions and summaries of pivotal episodes, and a list of selected texts for classroom use. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Monsters and Their Meanings in Early Modern Culture

Wes Williams
Monsters and Their Meanings in Early Modern Culture Book PDF

Author : Wes Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199577026

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Monsters and Their Meanings in Early Modern Culture by Wes Williams Pdf

Wes Williams explores the place of monsters in the early modern imagination, charting the migration of the monstrous from natural history to moral philosophy, from descriptions of creatures found in the external world to the drama of human motivation, of sexual and political identity. At its centre are readings of major works of French literature.

Golem

Maya Barzilai
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Author : Maya Barzilai
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781479889655

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Golem by Maya Barzilai Pdf

Introduction: The Golem condition -- 1. The face of destruction: Paul Wegener's World War I Golem films -- 2. The Golem cult of 1921 New York: between redemption and expulsion -- 3. Our enemies, ourselves: Israel's monsters of 1948 -- 4. Supergolem: revenge after the Holocaust -- 5. Pacifist computers and Jewish cyborgs: fighting for the future

The Monster That Is History

David Der-Wei Wang,Dewei Wang
The Monster That Is History Book PDF

Author : David Der-Wei Wang,Dewei Wang
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520238732

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The Monster That Is History by David Der-Wei Wang,Dewei Wang Pdf

In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations.

Early Modern Ecostudies

I. Kamps,K. Raber,Thomas Hallock
Early Modern Ecostudies Book PDF

Author : I. Kamps,K. Raber,Thomas Hallock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230617940

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Early Modern Ecostudies by I. Kamps,K. Raber,Thomas Hallock Pdf

The essays in this volume interrogate the unique and often problematic relationship between early modern cultural studies and ecocriticism, providing theoretical insights and models for a future practice that successfully wed the two disciplines.

The Monster That Is History

David Der-Wei Wang
The Monster That Is History Book PDF

Author : David Der-Wei Wang
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520937244

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The Monster That Is History by David Der-Wei Wang Pdf

In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Over the centuries Taowu underwent many incarnations until it became identifiable with history itself. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations. Taking into account the campaigns of violence and brutality that have rocked generations of Chinese—often in the name of enlightenment, rationality, and utopian plenitude—this book places its arguments along two related axes: history and representation, modernity and monstrosity. Wang considers modern Chinese history as a complex of geopolitical, ethnic, gendered, and personal articulations of bygone and ongoing events. His discussion ranges from the politics of decapitation to the poetics of suicide, and from the typology of hunger and starvation to the technology of crime and punishment.

Monsters

J. M. Sertori
Monsters Book PDF

Author : J. M. Sertori
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 083686266X

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Monsters by J. M. Sertori Pdf

Describes the history and legends behind real and mythical monsters, such as dinosaurs, Medusa, giants, and fairies.

Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice

Peter Bartlett,Ralph Sandland
Mental Health Law Policy and Practice Book PDF

Author : Peter Bartlett,Ralph Sandland
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199661503

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Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice by Peter Bartlett,Ralph Sandland Pdf

This text provides a detailed overview of mental health law and the socio-legal, historical, sociological, and cultural issues related to them. The role of the law and medical treatments in regulating and controlling deviance are explored alongside the fundamental rights and liberties of some of society's most vulnerable people.

Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination

Jana Byars,Hans Peter Broedel
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Author : Jana Byars,Hans Peter Broedel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429878855

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Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination by Jana Byars,Hans Peter Broedel Pdf

This edited collection explores the axis where monstrosity and borderlands meet to reflect the tensions, apprehensions, and excitement over the radical changes of the early modern era. The book investigates the monstrous as it acts in liminal spaces in the Renaissance and the era of Enlightenment. Zones of interaction include chronological change – from the early New World encounters through the seventeenth century – and cultural and scientific changes, in the margins between national boundaries, and also cultural and intellectual boundaries.

Writing Taiwan

Dewei Wang,Carlos Rojas
Writing Taiwan Book PDF

Author : Dewei Wang,Carlos Rojas
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 082233867X

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Writing Taiwan by Dewei Wang,Carlos Rojas Pdf

This collection is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwanese literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous

Asa Simon Mittman,Peter J. Dendle
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Author : Asa Simon Mittman,Peter J. Dendle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351894319

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous by Asa Simon Mittman,Peter J. Dendle Pdf

The field of monster studies has grown significantly over the past few years and this companion provides a comprehensive guide to the study of monsters and the monstrous from historical, regional and thematic perspectives. The collection reflects the truly multi-disciplinary nature of monster studies, bringing in scholars from literature, art history, religious studies, history, classics, and cultural and media studies. The companion will offer scholars and graduate students the first comprehensive and authoritative review of this emergent field.

Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture

Liz Gloyn
Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture Book PDF

Author : Liz Gloyn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350114340

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Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture by Liz Gloyn Pdf

What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from ancient myth, Liz Gloyn reveals the trends behind how we have used monsters since the 1950s to the present day, and considers why they have remained such a powerful presence in our shared cultural imagination. She presents a new model for interpreting the extraordinary vitality that classical monsters have shown, and their enormous adaptability in finding places to dwell in popular culture without sacrificing their connection to the ancient world. Her argument takes her readers through a comprehensive tour of monsters on film and television, from the much-loved creations of Ray Harryhausen in Clash of the Titans to the monster of the week in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before looking in detail at the afterlives of the Medusa and the Minotaur. She develops a broad theory of the ancient monster and its life after antiquity, investigating its relation to gender, genre and space to offer a bold and novel exploration of what keeps drawing us back to these mythical beasts. From the siren to the centaur, all monster lovers will find something to enjoy in this stimulating and accessible book.

Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance

Touba Ghadessi
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Author : Touba Ghadessi
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781580442763

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Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance by Touba Ghadessi Pdf

At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters--dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals--who, by their very presence, altered Renaissance ethics vis-a-vis anatomical difference, social virtues, and scientific knowledge. The study traces how these monsters evolved from objects of curiosity, to scientific cases, to legally independent beings. The works examined here point to the intricate cultural, religious, ethical, and scientific perceptions of monstrous individuals who were fixtures in contemporary courts.

Forensic Psychiatry

Tom Mason
Forensic Psychiatry Book PDF

Author : Tom Mason
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597450065

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Forensic Psychiatry by Tom Mason Pdf

An international panel of experts from diverse specialties examine the idea of "evil" in a medical context, specifically a mental health setting, to consider how the concept can be usefully interpreted, and to elucidate its relationship to forensic psychiatry. The authors challenge the belief that the concept of "evil" plays no role in "scientific" psychiatry and is not helpful to our understanding of aberrant human thinking and behavior. Among the viewpoints up for debate are a consideration of organizations as evil structures, the "medicalization" of evil, destruction as a constructive choice, violence as a secular evil, talking about evil when it is not supposed to exist, and the influence of evil on forensic clinical practice. Among the highlights are a psychological exploration of the notion of "evil" and a variety of interesting research methods used to explore the nature of "evil."