Prehistoric monsters
Subtitle: the real and imagined creatures of the past that we love to fear
By: Allen A. Debus.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786442812
Subjects: Dinosaurs in mass media; Dinosaurs -- Mythology; Popular culture
Description: "Over centuries, discoveries of fossil bones spawned legends of mythological monsters. Early fossilists appreciated prehistoric creatures such as Tyrannosaurus. This study examines how these beasts morphed in the public imagination into mythical, engines of destruction and harbingers of cataclysm, taking their place in popular culture, film, and literature as symbols of "lost worlds" where time stands still"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: prehistoric monster reflections; title: Inventing the prehistoric monster; title: Great-claw; title: Furred fury: exhumation of incognitum, America's first carnivorous monster; title: Behemoth and leviathan-the beauty of his beasts; title: Apish Antediluvia, or Darwin's great caveman; title: Psych-out!; title: Triumph of the Leapin' lizards; title: Cretaceous sanctuary; title: Rex battles; title: Modern prometheus; title: "And their lost worlds"; title: Appendix: the most famous prehistoric monsters in popular culture.