Regularly ranked among Amazon’s best sellers in the “Horror and Supernatural Literary Criticism” (top 100) and “Gothic and Romantic Literary Criticism” (top 200) categories.
"An excellent resource for other teachers of the monstrous... These pedagogical campfire tales come highly recommended." Women, Gender & Research
"From Frankenstein to King Kong to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, students in these classes examine texts, read critical theory, and make connections between these monsters and their own societies. Students study monsters in terms of space, religion, history, philosophy, politics, sexuality and gender… In short, students learn. A lot. And they have fun doing it." PopMatters
“Professors across disciplines… will find inspiration and practical suggestions for inviting monsters into their classrooms… any teacher can find something worth taking away from this book.” The Comparatist
"Achieves a rare feat as it blends decidedly useful, thoughtful, and exciting pedagogical insight from across disciplines and contexts with an opportunity to learn how scholarship on monsters developed." Religious Studies Review
“The exploration of the monster’s condition in this collection should help develop not only students’ critical thinking... but also their empathy, the very quality that... defines us as humans." Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies
“A primer for the interdisciplinary discourse of monster studies… of interest to graduate students and other initiates as well as teachers and pedagogues aspiring to the monstrous.” Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
"[The essays] usefully, insightfully, and often ingeniously, demonstrate how a wide range of existing theoretical work on monstrosity can be productively employed in a variety of classroom contexts." Sean Moreland, University of Ottawa
"A strong collection that is truly pedagogical insofar as it provides concrete tools...syllabi, assignments, etc....for educators of all levels. It also folds in scholarship, as the two go hand-in-hand.” Lisa Nevarez, Siena College.