Prehistoric Monsters: The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past That We Love to Fear

ISBN-13: 9780786442812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 340 str.

Allen A. Debus

Opis

This study examines how prehistoric beasts morphed in the public imagination into mythical creatures, engines of destruction, and harbingers of cataclysm, taking their place in popular culture, film, and literature as symbols of 'lost worlds' where time stands still.