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Handling the Undead

Author	: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Publisher	: Macmillan
Release Date	: 2010-09-28
ISBN	: 9781429940696
Pages	: 384 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Handling the Undead written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new novel, John Ajvide Lindqvist does for zombies what his previous novel, Let the Right One In, did for vampires. Across Stockholm the power grid has gone crazy. In the morgue and in cemeteries, the recently deceased are waking up. One grandfather is alight with hope that his grandson will be returned, but one husband is aghast at what his adored wife has become. A horror novel that transcends its genre by showing what the return of the dead might really mean to those who loved them.

Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth

Author	: June Michele Pulliam
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2014-06-19
ISBN	: 1440803897
Pages	: 381 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth written by June Michele Pulliam and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating read for anyone from general readers to hardcore fans and scholars, this encyclopedia covers virtually every aspect of the zombie as cultural phenomenon, including film, literature, folklore, music, video games, and events. The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the new vampires" in popular culture. The editors and contributors of Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth took on the prodigious task of covering all aspects of the phenomenon, from the less-known historical and cultural origins of the zombie myth to the significant works of film and literature as well as video games in the modern day that feature the insatiable, relentless zombie character. The encyclopedia examines a wide range of significant topics pertaining to zombies, such as zombies in the pulp magazines; the creation of the figure of the zuvembie to subvert decades of censorship by the Comics Code of Authority; Humans vs. Zombies, a popular zombie-themed game played on college campuses across the country; and annual Halloween zombie walks. Organized alphabetically to facilitate use of the encyclopedia as a research tool, it also includes entries on important scholarly works in the expanding field of zombie studies. • Provides comprehensive coverage of topics about or relating to zombies in film, literature, folklore, and popular culture • Features work from contributors who are dedicated scholars, authors, or fans in the zombie genre of work • Supplies dates with all names and works to give readers a sense of the historical context and evolution of zombie lore • Includes concept entries—for example, comedy, free will, and weapons—that place works in a logical, thematic context

A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal About America [2 volumes]

Author	: Sharon Packer MD
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2014-07-15
ISBN	: 0313397716
Pages	: 825 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal About America [2 volumes] written by Sharon Packer MD and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil isn't simply an abstract theological or philosophical talking point. In our society, the idea of evil feeds entertainment, manifests in all sorts of media, and is a root concept in our collective psyche. This accessible and appealing book examines what evil means to us. • Includes the insights of scholars from widely different academic fields to inspect evil from various points of view, giving readers a broader perspective on the topic • Compiles expert opinions from American, American expatriate, European, Asian, and Middle Eastern contributors • Covers the portrayal of evil in many different forms of media—film, television, music, art, video games, literature, poetry—as well as in politics, current events, and the legal arena

A Language Spoken in Tongues: Essays in the Transcultural Gothic

Author	: Gord Barentsen
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2020-10-12
ISBN	: 9004399410
Pages	: 120 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book A Language Spoken in Tongues: Essays in the Transcultural Gothic written by Gord Barentsen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Written Dead

Author	: Kyle William Bishop
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2017-06-15
ISBN	: 1476665648
Pages	: 226 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Written Dead written by Kyle William Bishop and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Victor Halperin's White Zombie (1932) to George A. Romero's landmark Night of the Living Dead (1968) and AMC's hugely successful The Walking Dead (2010-), zombie mythology has become an integral part of popular culture. In a reversal of the typical pattern of adaptation, the zombie developed onscreen before appearing in short stories and comic books during the 20th century, and more recently as subjects of more traditional novels. 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.

Horror Literature and Dark Fantasy

Author	: Mark A. Fabrizi
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2018-05-16
ISBN	: 9004366253
Pages	: 191 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Horror Literature and Dark Fantasy written by Mark A. Fabrizi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Horror Literature and Dark Fantasy: Challenging Genres, more than a dozen scholars and teachers explore the pedagogical value of using horror literature in the classroom to teach critical literacy skills to students in secondary schools and higher education.

Making Sense of Pain: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Author	: Jane Fernandez
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2020-05-18
ISBN	: 1848880367
Pages	: 293 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Pain: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives written by Jane Fernandez and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference proceeding provides an attempt to extend the conversation on pain; the boundaries of the word painA are characteristically blurred by connotations of suffering and trauma. The variety of papers in this collection transgress these boundaries knowingly, inviting a more expansive rather than narrow definition of pain.

Monster Culture in the 21st Century

Author	: Marina Levina
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date	: 2013-05-23
ISBN	: 144119326X
Pages	: 344 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Monster Culture in the 21st Century written by Marina Levina and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears and tensions reflect an evermore-interconnected global environment where increased mobility of people, technologies, and disease have produced great social, political, and economical uncertainty. The essays in this collection examine how monstrosity has been used to manage these rising fears and tensions. Analyzing popular films and televisions shows, such as True Blood, Twilight, Paranormal Activity, District 9, Battlestar Galactica, and Avatar, it argues that monstrous narratives of the past decade have become omnipresent specifically because they represent collective social anxieties over resisting and embracing change in the 21st century. The first comprehensive text that uses monstrosity not just as a metaphor for change, but rather a necessary condition through which change is lived and experienced in the 21st century, this approach introduces a different perspective toward the study of monstrosity in culture.

Contemporary World Fiction

Author	: Juris Dilevko
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2011
ISBN	: 1591583535
Pages	: 526 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary World Fiction written by Juris Dilevko and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions. In a globalized world, knowledge about non-North American societies and cultures is a must. Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation provides an overview of the tremendous range and scope of translated world fiction available in English. In so doing, it will help readers get a sense of the vast world beyond North America that is conveyed by fiction titles from dozens of countries and language traditions. Within the guide, approximately 1,000 contemporary non-English-language fiction titles are fully annotated and thousands of others are listed. Organization is primarily by language, as language often reflects cultural cohesion better than national borders or geographies, but also by country and culture. In addition to contemporary titles, each chapter features a brief overview of earlier translated fiction from the group. The guide also provides in-depth bibliographic essays for each chapter that will enable librarians and library users to further explore the literature of numerous languages and cultural traditions. * Over 1,000 annotated contemporary world fiction titles, featuring author's name; title; translator; publisher and place of publication; genre/literary style/story type; an annotation; related works by the author; subject keywords; and original language * 9 introductory overviews about classic world fiction titles * Extensive bibliographical essays about fiction traditions in other countries * 5 indexes: annotated authors, annotated titles, translators, nations, and subjects/keywords

Gothic Transgressions

Author	: Ellen Redling
Publisher	: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date	: 2015-01-04
ISBN	: 3643903642
Pages	: 273 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Transgressions written by Ellen Redling and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2015-01-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this volume discuss specific ways in which the Gothic transgresses boundaries, be they historical, spatial, national, aesthetic, generic, modal, medial, or sexual. Offering a wide range in every respect - from 'Proto' to 'Post-Gothic,' from mythical to digital, from national to 'Globalgothic,' from metropolitan to 'EcoGothic,' from traditional to 'Candygothic,' from novel to film and from Shakespeare to Steampunk - this collection aims to enrich as well as extend the scholarly debate on the Gothic as a multi-faceted mode of expression that goes beyond limits and, much like a vampire, constantly refreshes itself by feeding on the lifeblood of topical issues. (Series: Culture: Research and Science / Kultur: Forschung und Wissenschaft - Vol. 19) [Subject: Popular Culture, Literary Criticism]

Let the Old Dreams Die

Author	: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Publisher	: Macmillan
Release Date	: 2013-10-01
ISBN	: 1250036852
Pages	: 416 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Let the Old Dreams Die written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic short story collection from the writer called Sweden's Stephen King that continues the breathtaking story begun in the internationally acclaimed classic Let the Right One In Because of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. Now at last, in "Let the Old Dreams Die," the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair. Fans of Let the Right One In will have to read the story, which is destined to generate much word of mouth both among fans and online. "Let the Old Dreams Die" is not the only stunner in this collection. In "Final Processing," Lindqvist also reveals the next chapter in the lives of the characters he created in Handling the Undead. "Equinox" is a story of a woman who takes care of her neighbor's house while they are away and readers will never forget what she finds in the house. Every story meets the very high standard of excellence and fright factor that Lindqvist fans have come to expect. Totally transcending genre writing, these are world class stories from possibly the most impressive horror writer writing today.

Harbour

Author	: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Publisher	: Text Publishing
Release Date	: 2011-08-01
ISBN	: 192175866X
Pages	: 507 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Harbour written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a winter trip home to the island of Domarö, Anders and Cecilia take their six-year-old daughter Maja across the ice to visit the lighthouse at Gåvasten. And Maja disappears. Leaving not even a footprint in the snow. Two years later, alone and more or less permanently drunk, Anders returns to Domarö to confront his despair. He slowly realises that Maja's disappearance is not the first inexplicable tragedy to strike the islanders. Nor is everyone telling him all they know; even his own grandmother, it seems, is keeping secrets. And what is it about the sea? There's something very bad happening on Domarö. Something that involves the sea itself. John Ajvide Lindqvist serves up a masterful cocktail of suspense laced with bizarre humour and a narrative that barely pauses for breath. Harbour is also a heartbreaking study of loss and guilt: a novel whose epic climax pits the infinite force of nature against the implacable love of a father for his child.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 23

Author	: Stephen Jones
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2012-10-18
ISBN	: 178033091X
Pages	: 512 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 23 written by Stephen Jones and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers a comprehensive overview of the year in horror, a necrology of recently deceased luminaries, and a list of indispensable addresses horror fans and writers. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Harbor

Author	: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Publisher	: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date	: 2012-09-18
ISBN	: 9781250012838
Pages	: 528 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Harbor written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ajvide Lindqvist has taken the horror world by storm. His first novel, Let the Right One In, has been made into critically acclaimed films in both Sweden and in the U.S (as Let Me In). His second novel, Handling the Undead, is beloved by horror lovers everywhere. Now, with Harbor, a stunning and chilling masterpiece, Lindqvist firmly cements his place as the heir apparent to Stephen King. One ordinary winter afternoon on a snowy island, Anders and Cecilia take their six-year-old daughter Maja across the ice to visit the lighthouse in the middle of the frozen channel. While they are exploring the lighthouse, Maja disappears - either into thin air or under thin ice -- leaving not even a footprint in the snow. Two years later, Anders, a broken man, moves back to his family's abandoned home on the island. He soon realizes that Maja's disappearance is only one of many strange occurrences, and that his fellow islanders, including his own grandmother, know a lot more than they're telling. As he digs deeper, Anders begins to unearth a dark and deadly secret at the heart of this small, seemingly placid town. As he did with Let the Right One In and Handling the Undead, John Ajvide Lindqvist serves up a blockbuster cocktail of high-tension suspense in a narrative that barely pauses for breath.

The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Author	: Catherine Spooner
Publisher	: Cambridge History of the G
Release Date	: 2021-08-19
ISBN	: 1108472729
Pages	: 555 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries written by Catherine Spooner and published by Cambridge History of the G. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume to provide an interdisciplinary, comprehensive history of twentieth and twenty-first century Gothic culture.

Books of the Dead

Author	: Tim Lanzendörfer
Publisher	: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date	: 2018-09-17
ISBN	: 1496819071
Pages	: 240 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Books of the Dead written by Tim Lanzendörfer and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The zombie has cropped up in many forms--in film, in television, and as a cultural phenomenon in zombie walks and zombie awareness months--but few books have looked at what the zombie means in fiction. Tim Lanzendörfer fills this gap by looking at a number of zombie novels, short stories, and comics, and probing what the zombie represents in contemporary literature. Lanzendörfer brings together the most recent critical discussion of zombies and applies it to a selection of key texts including Max Brooks's World War Z, Colson Whitehead's Zone One, Junot Díaz's short story "Monstro, " Robert Kirkman's comic series The Walking Dead, and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Within the context of broader literary culture, Lanzendörfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right. Lanzendörfer contends that what zombies do is less important than what becomes possible when they are around. Indeed, they seem less interesting as metaphors for the various ways the world could end than they do as vehicles for how the world might exist in a different and often better form.

Cinematic Ghosts

Author	: Murray Leeder
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date	: 2015-07-30
ISBN	: 1628922168
Pages	: 320 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Cinematic Ghosts written by Murray Leeder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1896, Maxim Gorky declared cinema "the Kingdom of Shadows." In its silent, ashen-grey world, he saw a land of spectral, and ever since then cinema has had a special relationship with the haunted and the ghostly. Cinematic Ghosts is the first collection devoted to this subject, including fourteen new essays, dedicated to exploring the many permutations of the movies' phantoms. Cinematic Ghosts contains essays revisiting some classic ghost films within the genres of horror (The Haunting, 1963), romance (Portrait of Jennie, 1948), comedy (Beetlejuice, 1988) and the art film (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 2010), as well as essays dealing with a number of films from around the world, from Sweden to China. Cinematic Ghosts traces the archetype of the cinematic ghost from the silent era until today, offering analyses from a range of historical, aesthetic and theoretical dimensions.