[Shaun J. Russell]

I'll be teaching a literature course in the fall called "Monsters Without and Within." It's going to be a blend of fiction and poetry, and of course one of the main thematic questions will be what makes a monster a monster. Still, amid some of the more abstract ideas of "monsters," I'll likely have a few works with clear and obvious monsters. I'm curious about some good, quasi-canonical "monster" poems you can think of.

So far I think I'll teach Auden's "Victor," C. Rossetti's "Goblin Market," possibly a selection or two from Paradise Lost... Maybe some Poe, though I'll likely use one of his short stories instead. I should have room for two or three more, so...thoughts?