North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook by Puglia, David J.

North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781646421596)

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North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook by Puglia, David J.

North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook

$39.95
North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook by Puglia, David J.

North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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Mining a mountain of folklore publications, North American Monsters unearths decades of notable monster research. Nineteen folkloristic case studies from the last half-century examine legendary monsters in their native habitats, focusing on ostensibly living creatures bound to specific geographic locales.

A diverse cast of scholars contemplate these alluring creatures, feared and beloved by the communities that host them--the Jersey Devil gliding over the Pine Barrens, Lieby wriggling through Lake Lieberman, Char-Man stalking the Ojai Valley, and many, many more. Embracing local stories, beliefs, and traditions while neither promoting nor debunking, North American Monsters aspires to revive scholarly interest in local legendary monsters and creatures and to encourage folkloristic monster legend sleuthing.


Author: David J. Puglia
ISBN-10: 1646421590
ISBN-13: 9781646421596
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d
By David J. Puglia
By David J. Puglia
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David J. Puglia is associate professor and deputy chairperson in the Department of English Language & Literature at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. In 2011 he won the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research's Dr. David Buchan Student Essay Prize for his Goatman research featured in North American Monsters. He is the author or coauthor of three books on state or regional folklore: South Central Pennsylvania Legends and Lore, Maryland Legends: Folklore from the Old Line State, and Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore "Hon" The Folk in the City.

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