Classic Readings on Monster Theory

Asa Simon Mittman is Professor and Chair of Art & Art History at California State University, Chico.Hensel Marcus :

Marcus Hensel is Assistant Professor of English at Bethany College, Kansas.

Classic Readings on Monster Theory provides an overall vision of the monster as aptly defined by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen: a dweller at the gates of difference, the monster is a dialectical cultural, political, racial, economic, and sexual Other which strikingly originates Within. This volume ably demonstrates that monsters are worthy of thoughtful scholarly consideration in light of a consistently positive interpretation, and provides the tools to afford the uninitiated a more guided incursion into monster land.

Jeffrey J. Cohen:
"This monster of a two volume reader is exactly what we have long needed: a comprehensive and timely collection of the work that founded monster studies as well as the research that enabled it to become among the most exciting areas of interdisciplinary inquiry within the humanities. But there's more: a wide ranging collation of primary sources spans cultures and centuries. Capacious, inclusive, and brilliantly edited, this two volume set articulates the history of monster studies and promises its vigorous future."