Introduction: “A Marvel of Monsters”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction: “A Marvel of Monsters” ix
6. PART I. MONSTER THEORY
7. “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” 1
8. “A Measure of Man,” excerpted from The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought 19
9. “The Nature of Horror,” from The Philosophy of Horror 27
10. “Rethinking the Canon: Prophets, Canons, and Promising Monsters” 37
11. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” 43
12. PART II. ALLIED THEORIES
13. “Introduction,” from Orientalism 57
14. “Approaching Abjection,” from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection 67
15. “Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity,” from Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters 75
16. “From Wonder to Error: A Genealogy of Freak Discourse in Modernity,” from Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body 89
17. Index 99