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Don’t miss future episodes of Monstrum, subscribe! http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub Check out The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown on @PBS :https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifw The tentacle-faced creature Cthulhu is H.P. Lovecraft’s most enduring eldritch creation. But while Lovecraft may be Cthulhu’s inventor, this monster has outgrown its creator, impacting both horror fiction and the real world in significant and unexpected ways. The world is full of monsters, myths, and legends and Monstrum isn’t afraid to take a closer look. The show, hosted by Emily Zarka, Ph.D., takes us on a journey to discover a new monster in each new episode. Monstrum looks at humans' unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature, and film and digs deep into the history of those mythologies. For audio descriptions, go to Settings - Audio Track - English Descriptive. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried ***** Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Producer: Thomas Fernandes Editor/Animator: P.W. Shelton Illustrator: Samuel Allen Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing Additional Footage: Shutterstock Music: APM Music Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs/ __________ Bibliography Bauer, Patricia. “Cthulhu.” Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2020. Bolton, K. R. “The Influence of H. P. Lovecraft on Occultism.” The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, vol. 9, 2011, p. 2–21. Joshi, S. T. A Dreamer and a Visionary : H P Lovecraft in His Time, Liverpool University Press, 2001. Kneale, James. “From Beyond: H. P. Lovecraft and the Place of Horror.” Cultural Geographies, vol. 13, no. 1, 2006, pp. 106–26. Laycock, Joseph P. “How the Necronomicon Became Real: The Ecology of a Legend.” The Paranormal and Popular Culture, 1st ed., Routledge, 2019, pp. 184–197. Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors, edited by Robert H. Waugh, Scarecrow Press, 2013. Lovecraft in the 21st Century : Dead, but Still Dreaming, edited by Gonzalez, Antonio Alcala, and Carl H. Sederholm, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. Ralickas, Vivian. “Art, Cosmic Horror, and the Fetishizing Gaze in the Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 19, issue 3, 2008. Saler, Michael. “Modern Enchantments: The Canny Wonders and Uncanny Others of H. P. Lovecraft.” The Space Between, vol. 2, no. 1, 2006, p. 11–32. Smith, Philip. “Re-Visioning Romantic-Era Gothicism: An Introduction to Key Works and Themes in the Study of H.P. Lovecraft.” Literature Compass, vol. 8, no. 11, 2011, pp. 830–39. Ward, Rachel Mizsei. “Plushies, My Little Cthulhu and Chibithulhu: The Transformation of Cthulhu from Horrific Body to Cute Body.” The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, issue 12, 2013, pp. 87–106. Wilson, Eric. “When the Monstrous Object Becomes a Tremendous Non-Event: Rudolf Otto’s Monster-Gods, H.P. Lovecraft’ s Cthulhu, and Graham Harman’s Theory of Everything.” Diseases of the Head: Essays on the Horrors of Speculative Philosophy, edited by Matt Rosen. Punctum Books, 2020, pp. 163–180. Zeller, Benjamin Z. “Altar Call of Cthulhu: Religion and Millennialism in H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.” Religions, vol. 11, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1–17.