Pathogenesis of Fear

Elizabeth Hollis Berry, Ph.D. (1993), University of Alberta, has taught as a professor of English at different Canadian universities. Her publications include a monograph, several chapters in books, and articles about texts and theoretical contexts from the seventeenth century onwards.

• Notes on ContributorsIntroductionElizabeth Hollis BerryPart 1Subjectivity and (Ab)use of Power1 Devotion, Divergence and Desire: Anthropophagy as a Means of Cultural FormationJudith Rahn2 Devouring: Deconstructing Sovereignty’s Omnipotence in Jacques Derrida’s Seminar ‘The Beast and the Sovereign’Marita Vyrgioti3 The Monster Factory: Monsterisation of Characters in Dystopias Niculae Liviu Gheran4 ‘She Could Devour Him If She Wanted to’: Hunger, Scopophilia, and Power in The Skin I Live InSarah D. Harris5 Warning! Monster Metaphors and the Urban Black BodyFiona Harris-Ramsby and Mubarak MuhammadPart 2Agency and Selfdom6 Victorian Psychology, Monstrous Maidens, and George Eliot Elizabeth Hollis Berry7 (De)Construction of the Monstrous in Contemporary Northern Irish FictionMichaela Marková8 Adolescence as Battleground for Identity Foundation: Martin Millar’s Wolf Girl Novels 149Kimberley McMahon-Coleman9 In The Flesh and the Administration of Posthuman AnguishCindy Smith

“The authors demonstrate a dazzling fluency with postmodern theory and deconstructionism, further strengthening the intellectual connections between their respective contributions.” — J. G. Matthews, Washington State University, CHOICE connect 57.1 (September 2019)