The ogre's progress
Subtitle: images of the ogre in modern and contemporary French fiction
By: Jonathan F. Krell.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780874130652
Subjects: French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Ghouls and ogres in literature; Violence in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Appetites: "ingestion-digestion-defecation"; title: The ogre as sexual predator; title: Avatars of Cronus: time, totalitarianism, and the scapegoat; title: The dark side of Aphrodite: the ogress.