A Monstrous History
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The Monster That Is History
Author: Dewei Wang
language: en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date: 2004-10-04
In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations.
The Monster in Theatre History
Monsters are fragmentary, uncertain, frightening creatures. What happens when they enter the realm of the theatre? The Monster in Theatre History explores the cultural genealogies of monsters as they appear in the recorded history of Western theatre. From the Ancient Greeks to the most cutting-edge new media, Michael Chemers focuses on a series of ‘key’ monsters, including Frankenstein’s creature, werewolves, ghosts, and vampires, to reconsider what monsters in performance might mean to those who witness them. This volume builds a clear methodology for engaging with theatrical monsters of all kinds, providing a much-needed guidebook to this fascinating hinterland.
Worlds of Natural History
Author: Helen Anne Curry
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2018-11-22
Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.