The Written Dead: Essays on the Literary Zombie (Contributions to Zombie Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476665648 ISBN 13: 9781476665641

Publisher: McFarland, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Kyle William Bishop is a professor of English and film studies and serves as the English department chair at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He has presented and published on a number of zombie-related texts and has authored two monographs with McFarland.

Angela Tenga is an associate professor at Florida Institute of Technology. Her classes focus on literature, culture, and history, while her research interests include representations of the monstrous, the construction of criminality (especially serial killers) in fiction, and early English literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476665648
• ISBN 13: 9781476665641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Bishop Kyle William, Tenga Angela