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Astute, absorbing and gleefully thorough! Craig Ian Mann offers a thoughtful and scholarly deep-dive into a century's worth of werewolf movies, exploring themes of alienation, sexuality and rebellion within a cultural and historical context. Along the way, Mann happens to assert the irrefutable social significance of the horror genre. Bravo!--Larry Fessenden, writer and director Engaging, insightful, useful and fun. This is a supremely confident and well-written book with a vast amount of knowledge and enthusiasm behind it. It was a pleasure to read.--Simon Brown, Kingston University London Mann takes the reader on a rich exploration of the cinematic figure of the werewolf throughout the years predominantly in, but not restricted to, horror narratives. [...] His accessible language, helpful index and notes sections augment a book that is a dynamic pageturner while still being an important academic study.--Bruna Foletto Lucas ""Monstrum"" Phases of the Moon successfully illustrates that 'the werewolf is not [...] ""passé"" or ""infertile""' (211) and demonstrates the importance of analysing the cultural context in order to better understand the depiction of a werewolf in a movie. This book is indispensable not only for those beginning research on werewolf films, but also as a reference tool for researchers more familiar with the topic.--Sandra Aline Wagner, University of Limerick ""Gothic Studies"" Mann's Phases of the Moon (2020) monograph stands alone in training a cultural analysis spotlight on the scope of werewolf cinematic appearances in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries [...] Phases of the Moon merits a place on any bookshelf alongside other leading cultural history Horror studies.--Thomas E. Simmons ""Fantastika Journal"" This is a book long needed. For all the impressive academic books out there on screen vampires, their hirsute kindred have received comparatively little attention. Craig Ian Mann's Phases of the Moon discusses films both familiar and extremely obscure with rigorous scholarship and clear prose. In the immortal words of Warren Zevon: Ah-woooo!--Murray Leeder, University of Calgary

"Astute, absorbing and gleefully thorough! Craig Ian Mann offers a thoughtful and scholarly deep-dive into a century's worth of werewolf movies, exploring themes of alienation, sexuality and rebellion within a cultural and historical context. Along the way, Mann happens to assert the irrefutable social significance of the horror genre. Bravo!--Larry Fessenden, writer and director Engaging, insightful, useful and fun. This is a supremely confident and well-written book with a vast amount of knowledge and enthusiasm behind it. It was a pleasure to read.--Simon Brown, Kingston University London Mann takes the reader on a rich exploration of the cinematic figure of the werewolf throughout the years predominantly in, but not restricted to, horror narratives. [...] His accessible language, helpful index and notes sections augment a book that is a dynamic pageturner while still being an important academic study.--Bruna Foletto Lucas ""Monstrum"" Phases of the Moon successfully illustrates that 'the werewolf is not [...] ""pass�"" or ""infertile""' (211) and demonstrates the importance of analysing the cultural context in order to better understand the depiction of a werewolf in a movie. This book is indispensable not only for those beginning research on werewolf films, but also as a reference tool for researchers more familiar with the topic.--Sandra Aline Wagner, University of Limerick ""Gothic Studies"" Mann's Phases of the Moon (2020) monograph stands alone in training a cultural analysis spotlight on the scope of werewolf cinematic appearances in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries [...] Phases of the Moon merits a place on any bookshelf alongside other leading cultural history Horror studies.--Thomas E. Simmons ""Fantastika Journal"" This is a book long needed. For all the impressive academic books out there on screen vampires, their hirsute kindred have received comparatively little attention. Craig Ian Mann's Phases of the Moon discusses films both familiar and extremely obscure with rigorous scholarship and clear prose. In the immortal words of Warren Zevon: Ah-woooo!--Murray Leeder, University of Calgary"

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Dr Craig Ian Mann is Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

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