Preternature V2:2 (Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural) - Kindle edition by Stannish, Steven M., Doran, Christine M., Ciseri, Lorenzo Montemagno, Cusumano, Nicola, de Blécourt, Willem, Snyder, E. E., Boyer, Tina Marie, Jenkin, Brian P., Moir, Scott A., Owens, Margaret E., Laycock, Joseph P., Wallis, Faith, Uszkalo, Kirsten, Raiswell, Richard. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ .

Monstrophy is a term referring to the academic study of monsters as representational and conceptual categories, which has gained recent currency in several related fields of study (literary and cultural history, sociological theories of identity and difference, etc.), as well as in a number of recent books and articles about monsters as subjects of theoretical interpretation.

Etymologically derived from Latin ''mōnstrum'' (meaning prodigy, ominous sign, monstrous creature or person, abomination) and Greek ''sophia'' (σοφία, wisdom), hybrid compounding of monstrophy is not uncommon in disciplinary names (e.g.

sociology, another Greek and Latin compound).

Monstrophy literally means 'wisdom about monsters,' and in academic usage refers to the broader study of monsters in society and history.