The Penguin Book of the Undead [electronic resource] : Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters
2016
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The walking dead from 15 centuries haunt this compendium of ghostly visitations
through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and
other restless souls.
Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost
stories as we know them did not develop until the late nineteenth century, but
the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many forms, as recorded
in historical narratives, theological texts, and personal letters. The Penguin
Book of the Undead teems with roving hordes of dead warriors, corpses trailed by
packs of barking dogs, moaning phantoms haunting deserted ruins, evil spirits
emerging from burning carcasses in the form of crows, and zombies with
pestilential breath. Spanning from the Hebrew scriptures to the Roman Empire,
the Scandinavian sagas to medieval Europe, the Protestant Reformation to the
Renaissance, this beguiling array of accounts charts our relationship with
spirits and apparitions, wrai...
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Classics, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780698406605
Language:
English
BRN:
428653
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |