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The written dead : essays on the literary zombie / edited by Kyle William Bishop and Angela Tenga ; afterword by Robert G. Weiner.
LIBRA PS374.Z66 W75 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contributions to zombie studies
- Contributions to Zombie Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zombies in literature.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm.
- Other Title:
- Essays on the literary zombie
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- "This collection of new essays examines some of the most influential and inventive zombie literature, from the early stories to the most recent narratives, including some told from a zombie perspective"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Section 1 Zombie Literature-First Words, Baby Steps
- Trailing the Zombie Through Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Literature / Kevin Alexander Boon Boon, Kevin Alexander 15
- The Attributes and Qualifiers of Literary Zombies / Bernard Perron Perron, Bernard 27
- Love, Connection and Intimacy in Zombie Short Fiction / Laura Hubner Hubner, Laura 40
- Section 2 Max Brooks-Rite of Passage
- Analyzing Late Modernity with a Corpse: Max Brooks' Zombie Understanding of Modernity / Marcus Leaning Leaning, Marcus 55
- Dispatches of the Dead: World War Z and the Post-Vietnam Combat Memoir / W. Scott Poole Poole, W. Scott 67
- Section 3 The Zombie Novel-Coming of Age
- Carrie Ryan's Romance of the Forest: Mudos, Young Adult Novels and the Gothic / Cory James Rushton Rushton, Cory James 85
- Toward a Genealogy of the American Zombie Novel: From Jack London to Colson Whitehead / Wylie Lenz Lenz, Wylie 98
- "Systems Die Hard": Resistance and Reanimation in Colson Whitehead's Zone One / Kelli Shermeyer Shermeyer, Kelli 120
- Section 4 Revisionist Novels-Entering Maturity
- "Condemned to history by the Hate": David J. Moody's Hater and Postmillennial Rage / Dawn Keetley Keetley, Dawn 133
- The Psychosomatic Zombie Man: The Postmodern Subject in Warm Bodies / Steven Holmes Holmes, Steven 145
- Feeding the Frenzy: Mira Grant's Feed / Arnold T. Blumberg Blumberg, Arnold T. 156
- Teaching Zombies, Developing Students: Pedagogical Success in The Girl with All the Gifts / Kyle William Bishop Bishop, Kyle William 167
- Desiring Machines: Zombies, Automata and Cormac McCarthy's The Road / Jesse Stommel Stommel, Jesse 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476665641
- 1476665648
- OCLC:
- 974698791
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