In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children

Author:   Sam George ,  Bill Hughes
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781526171979


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 July 2023
Format:   Paperback
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In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children


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This volume of essays presents innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance of wolves, children raised by wolves, and werewolves, as portrayed in different media and genres. In the company of wolves presents further research from the Open Graves, Open Minds Project. It connects together innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance of wolves, wild children and werewolves as portrayed in different media and genres. We begin with the wolf itself as it has been interpreted as a cultural symbol and how it figures in contemporary debates about wilderness and nature. Alongside this, we consider eighteenth-century debates about wild children often thought to have been raised by wolves and other animals and their role in key questions about the origins of language and society. The collection continues with essays on werewolves and other shapeshifters as depicted in folk tales, literature, film and TV, concluding with the transition from animal to human in contemporary art, poetry and fashion.

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Author:   Sam George ,  Bill Hughes
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781526171979


ISBN 10:   152617197
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 July 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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‘We have had so much of zombies and vampires in the past three decades that […] the time has come for wolves.’ Seth Lerer, Times Literary Supplement ‘A cornerstone in studies around the contemporary cultural signification of feral children, wolves, werewolves, and other shapeshifters.’ Antonio Alcala Gonzalez, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts -- .


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Sam George is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Hertfordshire. Bill Hughes is Co-convenor of the Open Graves, Open Minds Project.

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