"A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."--The New Yorker

The field of monster studies has grown significantly over the past few years and this companion provides a comprehensive guide to the study of monsters and the

"Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there we

From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia

As monstrous bodies on-screen signal a wide range of subversive destabilization of the notions of identity and community, this anthology asks what meanings mons