The Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature(English, Paperback, unknown)

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The Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature(English, Paperback, unknown) is written by unknown and published by The Popular Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0879728604 (ISBN 10) and 9780879728601 (ISBN 13).

Brian J. Frost presents a full-scale survey of werewolf literature covering both fiction and nonfiction works. He identifies principal elements in the werewolf myth, considers various theories on the phenomenon of shapeshifting, surveys nonfiction books, and traces the myth from its origins in ancient superstitions to its modern representations in fantasy and horror fiction. Frost's analysis encompasses fanciful medieval beliefs, popular works by Victorian authors, scholarly treatises and medical papers, and short stories from pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s. Revealing the complex nature of the werewolf phenomenon and its tremendous and continuing influence, this publication should prove a valuable reference on the subject.