Acknowledgements
Foreword by Mike Carey
Introduction: The Dramaturgy of Empathy
Why Study Monsters?
The Act of Fear
The Monster as Surrogate
Chapter One: Caliban’s Legacy
How to Hunt Monsters: The Seven Theses for the Stage
Chapter Two: Prometheus the Thief
Monstrous Transgressions
Regarding Parenting
The Modern Prometheus
Chapter Three: Presumption
Staging the Creature
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The Prerogative of God
Chapter Four: The Vampire Trap
Back from the Dead
The Rise of Ruthven
The Angels of Hell
Wicked Souls, Wise Purposes
The Love that is Death
The Haemosexual Agenda
Chapter Four: Toys Are Us
The Uncanny
The Jew’s Monster
Golem on the Pulpit
An Angel Come Too Late
The Technolegacy of the Golem
Chapter Six: Boo
Phantom History
Who’s There?
The Spectre of War
Aristotle, Revenant
The Romantic Geist
Chapter Seven: Hairey Betwixt
The Reluctant Demonologist
The Werewolf Problem
Horrifying Transformations
Lupus Est
Conclusion: Defense Against the Dark Art
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Michael Chemers is an Associate Professor of Theater Arts at the University of California Santa Cruz, USA.
