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The Penguin book of the undead : fifteen hundred years of supernatural encounters / edited by Scott G. Bruce ; translations and renderings into modern English by Scott G. Bruce, unless otherwise indicated.
Van Pelt Library PN6071.S9 P46 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghosts--Literary collections.
- Ghosts.
- Vampires--Literary collections.
- Vampires.
- Zombies--Literary collections.
- Zombies.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 295 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2016]
- Summary:
- The dead rise again in a spine-tingling collection of ghostly visitations through the ages, recorded in historical narratives, theological texts and personal letters from more than 1,500 years, showing the evolution of our thinking about zombies and other restless souls. --Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Ancient apparitions
- The autopsy of souls in late ancient thought
- The ecology of the otherworld in dark age Europe
- Spectral servants of the church
- Night is the dead's dominion
- The ghosts of war
- Northern horrors
- Strange tales of mystery and terror
- The reformation of the wraiths
- Haunting the wings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Penguin book of the undead
- ISBN:
- 9780143107682
- 0143107682
- OCLC:
- 944380256
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