| Description |
xvi, 295 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject(S) |
Ghosts.
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Vampires.
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Zombies.
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Literature.
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Fiction.
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| Added Name(S) |
Bruce, Scott G. (Scott Gordon), 1967- editor.
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| Added Title |
Book of the undead |
| ISBN |
9780143107682 |
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0143107682 |
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