The monster in theatre history : this thing of darkness / Michael Chemers.

Author/creator Chemers, Michael M. author.
Format Electronic
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (xvii, 185 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects

Contents Machine generated contents note: Why study monsters? -- act of fear -- monster as surrogate -- 1. Caliban's legacy -- How to hunt monsters: the seven theses for the stage -- 2. Prometheus the thief -- Monstrous transgressions -- Regarding parenting -- modern Prometheus -- 3. Presumption -- "__________" -- prerogative of God -- 4. vampire trap -- Back from the dead -- rise of Ruthven -- Angels of Hell -- Wicked souls, wise purposes -- love that is death -- haemosexual agenda -- 5. Toys are us -- uncanny -- Jew's monster -- Golem on the pulpit -- angel come too late -- techno-legacy of the Golem -- 6. Boo -- Phantom history -- Who's there? -- spectre of war -- Aristotle, revenant -- Romantic geist -- 7. Hairey Betwixt -- werewolf problem -- Horrifying transformations -- Lupus est homo -- Conclusion -- Defense against the dark art.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 172-180) and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Chemers, Michael M. Monster in theatre history. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018 9781138210899 1138210897
ISBN9781138210899 (hardback)
ISBN1138210897 (hardback)
ISBN9781138210905 (pbk.)
ISBN1138210900
ISBN9781315454092 (ebook)
ISBN1315454092
ISBN9781315454085 (MyiLibrary)
ISBN1315454084
Standard identifier# 40027569858
Stock number1023971 MIL

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