"Monsters and the Monstrous" is a biannual peer reviewed global journal that serves to explore the broad concept of "The Monster" and "The Monstrous" from a multifaceted inter-disciplinary perspective. The journal publishes work that seeks to investigate and assess the enduring influence and imagery of monsters and the monstrous on human culture throughout history. In particular, the journal will have a dual focus with the intention of examining specific ‘monsters’ as well as evaluating the role, function and consequences of persons, actions or events identified as ‘monstrous’. The history and contemporary cultural influences of monsters and monstrous metaphors will also be examined.
Contributions
Filips Defoort: Monstrosity in 17th Century German Theosophy. The Case of Jacob Boehme (1575-1624), 1-19
C. Riley Augé: Exhuming Monsters. Historical Archaeology and the Monstrous, 21-31
Keira McKenzie: Triggering Time's Trapdoor, 33-46
Amena S. Hassan: The Enormous Crocodile. The Horrific Hope of a Walking Handbag, 47-56
Kevin McGuiness: The Screaming Tunnel. Fire Down Below, 57-73
Lee Baxter: The Aesthetic Stimulation of Murder in _Dexter_land, 75-92
Reviews
Stephen T. Asma: On Monsters. An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears (John Donovan), 93-95
Robert L. Stevenson, Roger Luckhurst (ed.): The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Carys Crossen), 96-98
J. M. Barrie: Peter Pan and Other Plays (Hannah Priest), 98-101
Roger Luckhurst (ed.): Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Jilian Burcar), 101-103
Jeff Lindsay: Dexter is Delicious (Deborah G. Christie), 103-106
Reoccurring Nightmares: Revisiting 1980s American Horror on Elm Street (Sorcha Ní Fhlainn), 107-116