The Penguin Book of the Undead by Scott G. Bruce

The Penguin Book of the Undead teems with roving hordes of dead warriors, corpses trailed by packs of barking dogs, moaning phantoms haunting deserted ruins, evil spirits emerging from burning carcasses in the form of crows, and zombies with pestilential breath. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop until the late nineteenth century, but the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many forms, as recorded in historical narratives, theological texts, and personal letters. Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Of Ghostes and Spirites Walking by Nyght.The Ecology of the Otherworld in Dark Age Europe Pope Gregory the Great: How Can the Living Help the Dead?.Evodius’s Inquiry: Going Forth from the Body, Who Are We?.The Autopsy of Souls in Late Ancient Thought Speaking with the Dead in the Hebrew Scriptures.Pliny Contemplates the Existence of Ghosts.

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Spanning from the Hebrew scriptures to the Roman Empire, the Scandinavian sagas to medieval Europe, the Protestant Reformation to the Renaissance, this beguiling array of accounts charts our relationship with spirits and apparitions, wraiths and demons over fifteen hundred years, showing the evolution in our thinking about the ability of dead souls to return to the realm of the living-and to warn us about what awaits us in the afterlife.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.

The walking dead from 15 centuries haunt this compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls.

The Penguin Book of the Undead by Scott G. Bruce