On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

by Stephen T. Asma

Book Overview

Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious--Behemoth and Leviathan, Gog and Magog, Satan and his demons, Grendel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019533616X
• ISBN13: 9780195336160
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"