The Truths of Monsters - (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) by Ildikó Limpár (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"As monster theory highlights, monsters are cultural symbols, guarding borders that a society creates to protect its values and norms; however, no book-length study has been written on the role of monsters and the monstrous in coming-of age narratives, even though adolescence is the time when one explores and aims at crossing borders to learn enough of a culture that one will need to fit in as an adult. Exploring how monster narratives emphasize the need for confronting and understanding the monstrous in order that a character may grow, this work first explores recent developments in the presentation of important monster types of maturation narratives (the vampire, the zombie and the man-made monster), then moves on to discuss monsters inhabiting the psychic landscapes of child characters, and then opens up to spaces of the mythical embedded in science-fiction, in which facing the monstrous is a variation of the New World narrative. Discussions of novels by M. R. Carey, Suzanne Collins, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Sarah Maria Griffin, Seanan McGuire, Stephenie Meyer, Patrick Ness, and Jon Skovron is completed by the analysis of cultic television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Westworld ."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>As monster theory highlights, monsters are cultural symbols, guarding the borders that society creates to protect its values and norms. Adolescence is the time when one explores and aims at crossing borders to learn the rules of the culture that one will fit into as an adult. Exploring the roles of monsters in coming-of-age narratives and the need to confront and understand the monstrous, this work explores recent developments in the presentation of monsters--such as the vampire, the zombie, and the man-made monster--in maturation narratives, then moves on to discuss monsters inhabiting the psychic landscapes of child characters. Finally, it touches on monsters in science fiction, in which facing the monstrous is a variation of the New World narrative. Discussions of novels by M. R. Carey, Suzanne Collins, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Sarah Maria Griffin, Seanan McGuire, Stephenie Meyer, Patrick Ness, and Jon Skovron are complemented by analysis of television series, such as <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> and <i>Westworld</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Explores the historical and contemporary narrative of the monster in fiction...focus[es] on adolescent dealings with monsters, and the different parts of society they occupy...Limpár gives readers familiar references as they read about monster psychology and how the characters' reactions to their circumstances parallel real-life reactions to things out of one's control. This book is an interesting read for all lovers of fantasy and horror, and its academic tone could also make it useful for a freestyle literature course."--<i>Booklist</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ildikó Limpár</b> is a senior lecturer of English at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest Hungary.
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