The Ashgate encyclopedia of literary and cinematic monsters /
Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew.,author.
Credo Reference (Firm),distributor.
From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references.
Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- List of entries -- Introduction -- A: Angel; Animals, Monstrous; Arabian Nights, Monsters In The -- B: Banshee; Basilisk; Bates, Norman; Bathory, Countess; Beast, (Beauty and the); Behemoth; Bell Witch, The; Bible, Monsters In The; Bigfoot; Birds, Giant; Blair Witch; Blob, The; Body; Bronze Horseman; Brownie; Bunyip -- C: Caliban; Carmilla; Cenobites; Centaur; Cerberus; Children, Monstrous; Children's Literature, Monsters In; Chimera; Christine; Chucky; Chupacabra; Circe; Cockatrice; Collins, Barnabas; Creature from the Black Lagoon, The; Cryptid; Cyborg; Cyclops -- D: Damned Thing, The; Dante, Monsters In; Death, Personified; Demons; Medieval Demons; British and Irish Demons; North American Demons; European and Russian Demons; African and Caribbean Demons; South Asian Demons; Chinese Demons; Japanese Demons; Devil Bug; Devil, The; Dinosaur; Div; Djinn and Genie; Donestre; Doppelganger; Dracula; Dragon; Dungeons & Dragons, Monsters In; Dvoinik; Dwarf; Dweller on the Threshold; Dybbuk -- E: Elemental; Elf; Empousa; Extraterrestrial -- F: Fairy; Faun and Satyr; Fly, The; Frankenstein's Monster; Furies -- G: Gargantua and Pantagruel; Gargoyle; Ghost; Classical and Medieval Ghost; European and Russian Ghost; Great Britain and Ireland's Ghosts; United States and Canadian Ghosts; Latin American Ghosts; African and the Caribbean Ghosts; South Asian Ghosts; Southeast Asian Ghosts; China's Ghosts; Japan's Ghosts; Ghoul; Giant; Gibbelin; Goblin; Godzilla; Golem; Gorgons; Gray, Dorian; Gremlin; Grendel and Grendel's Mother; Griffin -- H: Harpy; Harry Potter, Monsters In; Haunted House; Headless Horseman, The; Hermaphrodite; Hippogriffin; Homunculus; Hop-Frog; Horla, The; Hyde, Edward; Hydra -- I: Imp; Incubus/Succubus; Invisible Man, The -- J: Jabberwock; Jack the Ripper; Johnson, Henry -- K: Kappa; King Kong; Kitsune; Koran, Monsters In The; Kraken; Krueger, Freddy -- L: Lamia; Lecter, Hannibal; Leprechaun ; Lestat de Lioncourt ; Leviathan ; Lilith ; Llorona, La; Loch Ness Monster; Lovecraft, Monsters In -- M: Maenad; Mahbhrata, Monsters In; Manitou; Manticore; Marsh, Arabella; Matilda; Medusa; Melmoth the Wanderer; Mephistopheles; Mermaid/Merman; Micromegas; Minotaur; Moby Dick; Moloch; Monkey King; Mummy; Mutant and Freak; Myers, Michael -- 
N: Nick of the Woods; Nosferatu -- O: Objects, Animate; Oboroten; Ogopogo; Ogre; Oni -- P: Pan; Parasite; Pegasus; Phantom of the Opera, The; Phoenix; Pinhead; Pixie; Plants, Monstrous; Poltergeist; Psychopath -- Q: Qilin; Quasimodo -- R : Races, Monstrous ; Robot; Ruthven, Lord -- S: Samsa, Gregor; Sandman, The; Scylla and Charybdis; Sea Monsters; Shapeshifter; Shuten; Siren; Skeleton; Sphinx, The; Swift, Jonathan, Monsters In (Gulliver) -- T: Tanuki; Tengu; Tiamat; Titan; Tolkien, Monsters In; Triffid; Troglodyte; Troll; Typhoeus -- U: Upyr -- V: Vampire; Varney the Vampire; Vaughan, Helen; Video Games, Monsters In; Virus; Voorhees, Jason -- W: Wandering Jew, The; Werewolf; Wild Things; Windigo; Witch/Wizard; Witches and Wizards in European Literature and Film; British Witches and Wizards; Witches and Wizards in Russian Literature and Film; Witches and Wizards in US Literature and Film; Witches and Wizards in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Film; African and Caribbean Witches and Wizards; Women, Monstrous; Wraith -- Y: Yowie -- Z: Ziz; Zombie.
From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market.
Description based on title page of print version.
First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.
Monsters in literature
Monsters in motion pictures
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