The Curse of the Werewolf

Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within

Bourgault du Coudray Chantal

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I.B. Tauris
25 August 2006

Folklore, myths & legends; Anthropology

"Half-man-half-myth, the werewolf has over the years infiltrated popular culture in many strange and varied shapes, from Gothic horror to the 'body horror' films of the 1980s and today's graphic novels. Yet despite enormous critical interest in myths and in monsters, from vampires to cyborgs, the figure of the werewolf has been strangely overlooked. Embodying our primal fears - of anguished masculinity, of 'the beast within' - the werewolf, argues Bourgault du Coudray, has revealed in its various lupine guises radically shifting attitudes to the human psyche. Tracing the werewolf's 'use' by anthropologists and criminologists and shifting interpretations of the figure - from the 'scientific' to the mythological and psychological - Bourgault du Coudray also sees the werewolf in Freud's 'wolf-man' case and the sinister use of wolf imagery in Nazism. ""The Curse of the Werewolf"" looks finally at the werewolf's revival in contemporary fantasy, finding in this supposedly conservative genre a fascinating new model of the human's relationship to nature. It is a required reading for students of fantasy, myth and monsters. No self-respecting werewolf should be without it."

By: Bourgault du Coudray Chantal
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781845111571
ISBN 10: 1845111575
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 25 August 2006
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chantal Bourgault du Coudray is Lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of Western Australia. She is also, in partnership with writer/director Christopher Kenworthy, an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter.

Reviews for The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within

<p>‘Now, Chantal Dourgault du Coudray has provided a fascinating study of this enduring figure, paying particular attention to the werewolf’s shifting and complex relationship with notions of selfhood, gender and nature.’  - FILM INTERNATIONAL , Vol.6 2008