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The text
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change over the last hundred plus years.
Baumgold, Julie. "A Graveyard Smash." Esquire. 1-95: 118-120.
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Fairytales and other fantasy stories are the targets of Bettelheim's analysis. He
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misogynistic attitude in many ways, most blatantly by preferring female victims.
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Cornell argues
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The lightning
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Encarta provided the publication date of The Origin of Species for the Creature's timeline.
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1999. Gehring's article framed several points I had already envisioned for
this
project.
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I was curious about the time relation between the Creature and Aquaman and I found the
publication date for my timeline at this site.
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An
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An
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Jancovich provided
explicated summaries of the Creature movies and framed the argument
of the monster as an instrument of conflict in maturity and gender roles.
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This web site contains some interesting black and white stills.
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I accessed this catalog as a means of gauging the size of the subject of vampires.
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This article supports the reading of "Goosebump" books as an entertaining pastime for
older children.
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shape the name of the categories into which they were later sorted.
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The
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what
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and presentation.
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This excellent
source includes chapters on specific types of monsters, ranging from animal
and supernatural
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This retail
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This book is directed to parents that are having troubles understanding and dealing with
their children's fears.
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Universal Studios
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of the genre.
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A brief
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Williams, Linda. "When the Woman Looks." Re-vision: Essays in Feminist Criticism. Ed. Mary
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Willis's textbook helped me contextualize the Creature films of the mid-50s.
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File, 1989. This encyclopedic book lists summaries of books and films.
Yolen, Jane, and Heidi E.Y. Stemple. Meet the Monsters. New York: Walker and Co., 1996.
Traditional monsters from folk tales are coupled with poems in this children's book.