Reading the great American zombie: the living dead in literature
"Challenging the human understanding of life and death, the zombie figure represents a fragmentation of personhood. From its earliest appearances in literature, the zombie characterized a human being that was no longer an indivisible whole, embodying the ontological debate over which elements o...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
2023
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2023 |
| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | Contributions to zombie studies
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| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
USA
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/ Ζόμπι
/ Μοτίβο
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
American literature
History and criticism
B Literary Criticism B Zombies in literature |
| Σύνοψη: | "Challenging the human understanding of life and death, the zombie figure represents a fragmentation of personhood. From its earliest appearances in literature, the zombie characterized a human being that was no longer an indivisible whole, embodying the ontological debate over which elements of personhood are most uniquely human. Through its literary evolution, the zombie's "missing element" gradually approached a finer definition, as narratives moved beyond highlighting metaphysically opaque concepts like "soul" or "will." Studying over a century of American literary history, this text explores how zombies translate cultural concepts and definitions of personhood. Chapters intricately detail how literary zombies have long presented narratives of American cultural self-examination"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | viii, 200 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 147667731X |
