Monsters of the Gevaudan : the making of a beast / / Jay M. Smith.

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Monsters of the Gevaudan [electronic resource] : the making of a beast / Jay M. Smith.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
378 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The beast and its world -- Sounding the alarm -- Monsters real and imagined -- Digesting defeat -- A star is born -- The perils of publicity -- Heroes and skeptics -- Exaggerated expectations and extraordinary endings -- Narrative echoes past and present -- Conclusion: The beast in history -- Note on place names.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Popular culture France Gevaudan History 18th century.
Beast of Gevaudan History.
Wolf attacks France Gevaudan History 18th century.
Wolves France Gevaudan Folklore.
Monsters France Gevaudan Folklore.
Narration (Rhetoric) Social aspects France History.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Gevaudan (France) Social life and customs 18th century.
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contents Introduction: The beast and its world -- Sounding the alarm -- Monsters real and imagined -- Digesting defeat -- A star is born -- The perils of publicity -- Heroes and skeptics -- Exaggerated expectations and extraordinary endings -- Narrative echoes past and present -- Conclusion: The beast in history -- Note on place names.
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geographic Gevaudan (France) Social life and customs 18th century.
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Electronic books.
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Gevaudan
Gevaudan (France)
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