Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the dramaturgy of empathy -- Why study monsters? -- The act of fear -- The monster as surrogate -- 1. Caliban's legacy -- How to hunt monsters: the seven theses for the stage -- 2. Prometheus the thief -- Monstrous transgressions -- Regarding parenting -- The modern Prometheus -- 3. Presumption -- "--"--The prerogative of God -- 4. The vampire trap -- Back from the dead -- The rise of Ruthven -- Angels of Hell -- Wicked souls, wise purposes -- The love that is death -- The haemosexual agenda -- 5. Toys are us -- The uncanny -- The Jew's monster -- The Golem on the pulpit -- An angel come too late -- The techno-legacy of the Golem -- 6. Boo -- Phantom history -- Who's there? -- The spectre of war -- Aristotle, revenant -- The Romantic geist -- 7. Hairey Betwixt -- The werewolf problem -- Horrifying transformations -- Lupus est homo -- Conclusion -- Defense against the dark art -- Bibliography -- Index