In a contemporary political climate where barbarians, monsters, and savages have become ubiquitous figures of otherness, Subjects Barbarian, Monstrous, and Wild gathers essays which explore both the oppressive, dispossessing functions and subversive potentials of these figures in and through art and literature.

Maria Boletsi is Assistant Professor at the Film and Comparative Literature Department of Leiden University. Her recent book publications include Barbarism and Its Discontents (Stanford UP, 2013) and the volume Barbarism Revisited: New Perspectives on an Old Concept, co-edited with Christian Moser (Brill-Rodopi 2015).
Originally from Western Canada, Tyler Sage completed his BA in English Literature at the University of British Columbia and his Research Master's in Literary Studies at Leiden University. His Master's thesis explored forms of aesthetic expression and critique in a post-truth political environment.