Wonder, horror and the hunt for La Bête in mid-18th century France

► The complexity of Enlightenment geographies narrating the meaning and place of monsters. ► How an Enlightened, written world of monsters and monstrousness was predicated upon bodily experiences. ► How collection sites were also the setting for often intense emotional registers. ► How a 'scientific' framing of the world emerged in concert with an ostensibly 'local,' fairytale narrative.