The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 October 2024
- ISBN 9780192896506
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages640 pages
- Size 253x180x35 mm
- Weight 1380 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 50 black-and-white and 11 colour illustrations 768
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Short description:
The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative contributions by many of the top international experts on ancient monsters and the monstrous.
MoreLong description:
The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative contributions by many of the top international experts on ancient monsters and the monstrous. The first part provides original studies of individual monsters such as the Chimaera, Cerberus, the Hydra, and the Minotaur, and of monster groups such as dragons, centaurs, sirens, and Cyclopes. This section also explores their encounters with the major heroes of classical myth, including Perseus, Jason, Heracles, and Odysseus. The second part examines monsters of ancient folklore and ethnography, encompassing the restless dead, blood-drinking lamiae, exotic hybrid animals, the so-called dog-headed men, and many other unexpected creatures and peoples. The third part covers various interpretations of these creatures from multiple perspectives, including psychoanalysis, colonialism, and disability studies, with monster theory itself evident across the entire volume. The final part discusses reception of these ancient monsters across time and space--from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to modern times, from Persia to Scandinavia, the Caribbean, and Latin America-and concludes with chapters considering the use and adaptation of ancient monsters in children's literature, science fiction, fantasy, and modern scientific disciplines. This Handbook is the first large-scale, inclusive guide to monsters in antiquity, their places in literature and art across the millennia, and their influence on later literature and thought.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction: Monster Theory and Classical Antiquity
Part I: Monsters in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Monsters in Creation Narratives of Ancient Greece and Rome
Monsters in Ancient Near Eastern Myth and Religion
Spawned from the Nile: Egyptian Monsters in Greco-Roman Culture
Typhoeus, Agent of Disorder
The Giants: Children of Gaia
Dragons
The 'Monster-Harbouring Sea': Sea Monsters and Sea Serpents in Ancient Myth
Art Horror: The Gorgons and Medusa
The Chimaera
Cerberus, Hound of Hades
Down the Sink Hole: The Lernaean Hydra
Cyclopes
Scylla and Charybdis
Sirens and Harpies: The Enchanting and Repulsive Avian Monsters of Classical Antiquity
The Sphinx
The Minotaur
Human-Animal Hybrids
Monstrous Metamorphoses: Ovid and the Art of Making and Unmaking Monsters
Part II: Monsters in Ancient Folklore and Ethnography
Ancient Bogeys: Lamia, Mormo, Empousa, Gello, and Others
Ghosts: The Restless and Unpleasant Dead
The Monstrous Animals and Animal Monsters of Ancient Greece
Reading Monstrous Peoples in Ancient Greece and Rome
Part III: Interpreting the Monsters
Monumental Monsters
Cryptids in Greek Art
Monsters in Ancient Greek Art
Rationalizing Mythic Monsters in Antiquity
Beyond Othering : Classical Monstrosity and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
Gods and Monsters: Cognitive Approaches to the Monstrous
Monsters of the Inner World: Psychoanalytic Approaches
Monsters and Disability: The Violence of Interpreting Bodies in Aristotle and Homer
Part IV: The Reception of Classical Monsters
Pearls from a Dark Cloud: Monsters in Persian Myth
Plinian Monsters in Old Norse Encyclopedic Literature
Ancient Monsters in Medieval Literature and Art
The Revival of Classical Monsters in the Italian Renaissance
Classical Monsters in Latin American Cultures
Recasting Monsters in Postcolonial Art and Literature
Classical Monsters in Children s and YA Literature
Ancient Monsters in Modern Speculative Fiction
Classical Monsters in Modern Popular Culture: A Case Study in Fan Fiction
Ancient Monsters in Modern Science
