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Title The Penguin book of the undead : fifteen hundred years of supernatural encounters / edited by Scott G. Bruce ; translations and renderings into modern English by Scott G. Bruce, unless otherwise indicated.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  133.1 PENGUIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  133.1 P37    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  133.1 BRUCE    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 295 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) 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 Ghosts -- Literary collections.
Vampires -- Literary collections.
Zombies -- Literary collections.
Added Author Bruce, Scott G. (Scott Gordon), 1967- editor, translator.
Other Form: Online version: Penguin book of the undead New York : Penguin Books, 2016 9780698406605 (DLC) 2016023478
ISBN 9780143107682 (paperback)
0143107682 (paperback)
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