Author(s): Gillian Bennett, Paul Smith
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Year: 1988
Language: English
Commentary: https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/clegend/id/604
Monsters with Iron Teeth: Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Volume III. Ed. Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith. Sheffield: The Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, University of Sheffield, 1988.
Bennett, Gillian.
“Legend: Performance and Truth.” 13-36.
Ellis, Bill.
“The Fast Food Ghost: A Study in the Supernatural’s Capacity to Survive Secularization.” 37-77.
Nicolaisen, W. F. H.
“German Sage and English Legend: Terminology and Conceptual Problems.” 79-87.
Slotkin, Edgar M.
“Legend Genre as a Function of Audience.” 89-111.
Hobbs, Sandy and David Cornwell.
“Hunting the Monster with Iron Teeth.” 115-137.
Glazer, Mark.
“The Superglue Revenge: A Psychological Analysis.” 139-146.
Sobek, Maria Herrera.
“The Devil in the Discotheque: A Semiotic Analysis of a Contemporary Legend.” 147-157.
Ballard, Linda M.
“Three Local Storytellers: A Perspective on the Question of Cultural Heritage.” 161-182.
Cunningham, Keith.
“’Franklin Was Witched by a Horse’: Contemporary Zuni Narrative.” 183-199.
Gaudet, Marcia.
“The Curse of St John the Baptist.” 201-210.
Jorgensen, Marilyn.
“The Legends of Sirena and Santa Marian Camalin: Guamanian Cultural Oppositions.” 211-220.
Peters, Nancy Kammer.
“Suburban/Rural Variations in the Content of Adolescent Ghost Legends.” 221-235.
Decotterd, Daniel.
“Gossip, Rumour and Legend: A Plea for a Psychological and Cross-Cultural Approach.” 239-240.
Douglas, Sheila.
“Practical Jokes and the Legends Surrounding Them.” 241-243.