The Modern Literary Werewolf A Critical Study Of The Mutable Motif Brent A Stypczynski by Brent A. Stypczynski 9780786469659, 078646965X instant download after payment.

Throughout history, from at least as far back as the Epic of Gilgamesh,
mankind has shown a fascination with physical
transformation--especially that of humans into animals. Tales of such
transformations appear in every culture across the course of history.
They have been featured in the Western world in the work of such authors
as Ovid, Petronius, Marie de France, Saint Augustine, Jack Williamson,
Charles de Lint, Charaline Harris, Terry Pratchett, and J. K. Rowling.
This book approaches werewolves as representations of a proposed
shape-shifter archetype, examining, with reference to earlier sources,
how and why the archetype has been employed in modern literature.
Although the archetype is in a state of flux by its very definition,
many common threads are linked throughout the literary landscape even as
modern authors add, modify, and reinvent characteristics and meanings.
This is especially true in the work of such authors examined in this
book, many of whom have struck a chord with a wide range of readers and
non-readers around the world. They seem to have tapped into something
that affects their audiences on a subconscious level.