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Performing fabulous monsters: re-inventing the gothic personae in bizarre magick

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Performing fabulous monsters: re-inventing the gothic personae in bizarre magick. / Nolan, Stuart; Taylor, Nik.
Monstrous media/spectral subjects. ed. / Catherine Spooner; Fred Botting. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015. p. 128-142.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Harvard

Nolan, S & Taylor, N 2015, Performing fabulous monsters: re-inventing the gothic personae in bizarre magick. in C Spooner & F Botting (eds), Monstrous media/spectral subjects. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 128-142. <http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/24376/1/Fabulous_Monsters_Nik_Taylor_and_Stuart_Nolan_Author_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf>

APA

Nolan, S., & Taylor, N. (2015). Performing fabulous monsters: re-inventing the gothic personae in bizarre magick. In C. Spooner, & F. Botting (Eds.), Monstrous media/spectral subjects (pp. 128-142). Manchester University Press. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/24376/1/Fabulous_Monsters_Nik_Taylor_and_Stuart_Nolan_Author_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf

Vancouver

Nolan S, Taylor N. Performing fabulous monsters: re-inventing the gothic personae in bizarre magick. In Spooner C, Botting F, editors, Monstrous media/spectral subjects. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 2015. p. 128-142

Author

Nolan, Stuart ; Taylor, Nik. / Performing fabulous monsters : re-inventing the gothic personae in bizarre magick. Monstrous media/spectral subjects. editor / Catherine Spooner ; Fred Botting. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015. pp. 128-142

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