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For the early period in American history, aren't there monsters from the Bible & the classics that are resurrected in American literature? Right now I'm thinking of Wheatley's "Goliath of Gath." And of course maps of the Atlantic world had monsters drawn in here & there. Can Satan, familiars, witches, wizards (Salem witch trials) be construed as monsters (don't forget one of the great books on them is Carol Karlsen's _Devil in the Shape of a Woman_)? Is a monster always bad? Some native American figures were literally monsters, but not always bad. Bearman, Chutsain, devil-fish, Great Head, Kewawkqu', Malsum, Stone Giants, Thundermen. Other subscribers must be able to compile a list of these often-liminal figures. Is Poe's raven a monster? The white whale? Simon Legree? John Saillant H-OIEAHC William and Mary Quarterly ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Greason, Walter <wgreason@ursinus.edu> DATE: Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM Doro from Octavia Butler's Patternist series (the first two books, especially) Walter Greason
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