The supernatural revamped : from timeworn legends to twenty-first century chic / edited by Barbara Brodman and James E. Doan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brodman, Barbara, editor.

Doan, James E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supernatural in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 262 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book presents the supernatural as a truly international phenomenon, not restricted to the original folk characters, their literary representations, or their representation in film and popular media. Instead, we move around the world and into the twenty-first century, reshaping legends into a post-modern image that is psychologically and socially relevant while retaining elements of folklore mixed with a hint of science fiction.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Ethereals and Terrestrials: Chapter One: Of Angels and Demons; Chapter Two: No More Mr. Nice Angel; Chapter Three: The Nightmare Tales of J. S. Le Fanu; Chapter Four: Of Fairies and Sorcerers; Chapter Five: Philosophers and Demons; Chapter Six: The Haunting of a Nation; Chapter Seven: An American Werewolf in Trelleborg; Chapter Eight: Magic Mexican Modernity; Chapter Nine: Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy, Supernatural Heredity, and "Creature" Genetics; Part Two: The Undead and Still Dead; Chapter Ten: An Anime Dullahan

Chapter Eleven: Re-dressing RevenantsChapter Twelve: From Vampires to Zombies; Chapter Thirteen: Dying to Love You; Chapter Fourteen: Undead Yakuza; Chapter Fifteen: "Look at the Flowers"; Chapter Sixteen: From White Zombies to Night Zombies and Beyond; Chapter Seventeen: From Saga to Skyrim; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 5, 2016).

ISBN:

1-61147-865-0