Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Level of Access Assigned by Author

Open-Access Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Advisor

Jennifer Moxley

Second Committee Member

Benjamin Friedlander

Third Committee Member

Rosalie Purvis

Abstract

A Warning Reader Beware: Here be Monsters! The following pages contain (or attempt to contain) ghouls, ghosts, cryptids, monsters of myth and movie, and paranormal and supernatural happenings of all kinds. They also contain some psychological monsters as well. Proceed, then, at your own risk. If you, like me, have learned to love the things that go bump in the night, and to see in their grotesqueries something pure and beautiful, then the following explanation will be redundant to you. If, however, you’re still afraid, let me be your guide. Nothing here can hurt you any more than you are willing to let it. The vampire needs to be invited in, after all. I hope I can convince you to let these words in, and that you can in turn encounter the monster within yourself gracefully.

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