Reading the great American zombie : the living dead in literature / T. May Stone.
| Author/creator | Stone, T. May, 1983- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023] |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contributions to zombie studies Contributions to zombie studies. ^A1258358 |
| Contents | Preface: I, millennial -- Introduction: Zombie ontology -- From the islands to the states, from the nineteenth century to the twentieth -- Zombies in pulp fiction: scary stories to tell scientific materialists -- Estrangement among the "community of self" -- Tech zombies: zombified art, zombified masses -- Present absence: reality and the future of humanity -- Conclusion: Zombies never die: a look at some of the most persistent zombies. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| LCCN | 2022050010 |
| ISBN | 9781476677316 |
| ISBN | 147667731X |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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