Brenda S. Gardenour Walter

Our Old Monsters

Witches, Werewolves and Vampires from Medieval Theology to Horror Cinema

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Produktbeschreibung

The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure as popular characters in modern horror. These "old monsters” have their origins in the writings of Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where 13th-century scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780786476800
• ISBN-10: 078647680X
• Artikelnr.: 41853434

Autorenporträt

Brenda S. Gardenour Walter is an associate professor of history at the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy with research interests in the role of Aristotelian discourse, learned medicine, scholastic theology and the continued influence of medieval otherness on the horror genre. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface
1 Introduction
3 Part I: Medieval Foundations
15 1.
Upside-Down and Inside-Out: The Medieval Construction of Earthbound Evil
16 2.
Satanic Cinema: His Legacy Is Legion
42 3.
Wanton Flesh and Poisoned Breath: Crafting the Satanic Witch
68 4.
Wicked Women: Female Flesh, the Satanic Witch and the Horror Film
98 Part II: Modern Permutations
135 5.
The Transgressive Monster: From the Melancholic Jew to the Blood-Sucking Vampire
136 6.
A Cursed Embodiment: Modernity, Medievalism and the Melancholic Werewolf
166 Epilogue
195 Chapter Notes
197 Bibliography
223 Filmography
234 Index
237