Beasts of the Deep (WEB PDF) von Jon Hackett

Part 1: Folklore and Weird Tales
"From Beneath the Waves": Sea-Draugr and the Popular Conscience – Alexander Hay
The Depths of our Experience: Thalassophobia and the Lovecraftian Horror – Seán J. Harrington
From Depths of Terror to Depths of Wonder: The Sublime in Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu and Cameron's The Abyss – Vivan Joseph
"Is there sound in the deep?": Representation and resonance in radio dramatisations of The Kraken Wakes – Farokh Soltani
Part 2: Depths of Desire
Beauty and the Octopus: Cephalopods as Sexualized Monsters – Marco Carbone
The Octopussy: Exploring Representations of Female Sexuality and Animality in Victor Hugo's The Toilers of the Sea (1866) and The Laughing Man (1868) – Laura Ettenfield
Transformations of Desire in The Life Aquatic (2004) – Pete Fossey
Psychedelic Deep Blues: Jimi Hendrix's, 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to be) (1968), Tim Buckley's, Song of the Siren (1968) and Captain Beefheart's, Grow Fins (1972) – Richard Mills
Part 3: Aquatic Spaces and Practices
Fan Totems: Affective Investments in the Sea Creatures of Horror and Science Fiction – Brigid Cherry
Mermaid Spotting: the rise of mermaiding in popular culture – Maria Mellins
Journeys in Liquid Space: Representations of the Sea in Disney Theme Parks– Lee Brooks
Rivers of blood, Sea of bodies: An analysis of recent media coverage of migration and trafficking on the High Seas – Carole Murphy
Part 4: Screening Sea Creatures
Becoming the Shark and/vs. Controlling the Shark: Jaws Unleashed, the Animal Avatar, and Human-Animal Relationships – Michael Fuchs
Songs of the Sea: Sea Beasts and Maritime Folklore in Global Animation – Mark Fryers
Jurassic World's Mosasaurus as the saviour of the classic cinema blockbuster – Damian O'Byrne
Nessie Has Risen from the Grave – Ian Hunter