Our Monsters, Ourselves
Not just for devotees or scholars, The Monster Theory Reader provides a framework for understanding humans at least as much as monsters.
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Annihilation’s Dreamy Death Drive
Grotesque mutations and alien visitors aside, Annihilation‘s reflections on why we engage in self-destruction centers the film’s diseased heart.
Walter Benjamin’s Fiction in ‘The Storyteller’ Is a Warm Cure for an Academic Hangover
A master of the theory of craft puts his money where his mouth is, revealing a precise descriptive power that gracefully commands plot and characterization.