The Collected Sonnets Of William Shakespeare Zombie

Author : William Shakespeare,Chase Pielak
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781476631301

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The Collected Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Zombie by William Shakespeare,Chase Pielak Pdf

What if one of literature's greatest poets was actually a zombie, writing in an Elizabethan world teeming with the undead hiding in plain sight? Inviting readers to see the sublime in the looming apocalypse, this book presents all 154 Shakespearean sonnets (with minor alterations transfigured into "zonnets") in their horrifying glory, highlighting transcendent themes of love, death, beauty and feasting on the flesh of the living. Each sonnet portrays a zombie encounter, with accompanying vignettes revealing the struggles of undead life in early modern England. Original illustrations by Anna Pagnucci bring the nightmare to life. Shakespeare will never be the same.

Author : William Shakespeare,Chase Pielak
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781476671154

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The Collected Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Zombie by William Shakespeare,Chase Pielak Pdf

What if one of literature's greatest poets was actually a zombie, writing in an Elizabethan world teeming with the undead hiding in plain sight? Inviting readers to see the sublime in the looming apocalypse, this book presents all 154 Shakespearean sonnets (with minor alterations transfigured into "zonnets") in their horrifying glory, highlighting transcendent themes of love, death, beauty and feasting on the flesh of the living. Each sonnet portrays a zombie encounter, with accompanying vignettes revealing the struggles of undead life in early modern England. Original illustrations by Anna Pagnucci bring the nightmare to life. Shakespeare will never be the same.

Author : Simon Bacon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476680538

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Faith and the Zombie by Simon Bacon Pdf

Themes of faith and religion have been threaded through popular representations of the zombie so often that they now seem inextricably linked. Whether as mindless servants to a Vodou Bokor or as evidence of the impending apocalypse, the ravenous undead have long captured something of society's relationships with spirituality, religion and belief. By the start of the 21st century, religious beliefs are as varied as the many manifestations of the zombie itself, and both themes intersect with various ideological, environmental and even post-human concerns.This book surveys the various modern religious associations in zombie media. Some characters believe that the undead are part of God's plan, others theorize that the environment might be saving itself or that zombies might be predicting life and hybridity beyond human existence. Timely and important, this work is a meditation on how faith might not just be a forerunner to the apocalypse, but the catalyst to new kinds of life beyond it.

Author : Steven J. Kirsh
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781476673882

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Parenting in the Zombie Apocalypse by Steven J. Kirsh Pdf

Parenting is difficult under the best of circumstances--but extremely daunting when humanity faces cataclysmic annihilation. When the dead rise, hardship, violence and the ever-present threat of flesh-eating zombies will adversely affect parents and children alike. Depending on their age, children will have little chance of surviving a single encounter with the undead, let alone the unending peril of the Zombie Apocalypse. The key to their survival--and thus the survival of the species--will be the caregiving they receive. Drawing on psychological theory and real-world research on developmental status, grief, trauma, mental illness, and child-rearing in stressful environments, this book critically examines factors influencing parenting, and the likely outcomes of different caregiving techniques in the hypothetical landscape of the living dead.

Author : Elizabeth Aiossa
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476666730

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The Subversive Zombie by Elizabeth Aiossa Pdf

Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent years, this has changed dramatically. The undead are fast and ferocious in 28 Days Later... (2002) and World War Z (2013). In Warm Bodies (2013) and In the Flesh (2013-2015), they are thoughtful, sensitive and capable of empathy. These sometimes radically different depictions of the undead (and the still living) suggest critical inquiries: What does it mean to be human? What makes a monster? Who survives the zombie apocalypse, and why? Focusing on classic and current movies and TV shows, the author reveals how the once-subversive modern zombie, now more popular than ever, has been co-opted by the mainstream culture industry.

Author : T. May Stone
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476648262

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Reading the Great American Zombie by T. May Stone Pdf

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 book explores how zombies translate cultural concepts and definitions of personhood. Chapters detail how literary zombies have long presented narratives of American cultural self-examination.

Author : Aaron W Clayton
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476650272

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Dead, White and Blue by Aaron W Clayton Pdf

Science fiction and horror television shows predict how the world might be different if zombies were real, or if artificial intelligence could develop consciousness. Pop culture critics reveal that these not-quite humans are often proxies for race, and the post-apocalyptic landscapes set the stage for reimagining social and political institutions. This book advances horror scholarship by placing those stories within a long tradition of mythologizing U.S. history. It demonstrates how Disney's Zombies reenacts the civil rights movement, how The Walking Dead fulfills Thoreau's fantasy against the backdrop of founding a new nation, and how Westworld permits visitors to experience the Old West while bearing witness to Indian Removal. Each of these narratives imagines a future that retells the past. The chapters within look at that tradition in order to understand the present.

Author : Elizabeth Erwin,Dawn Keetley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476668499

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The Politics of Race, Gender and Sexuality in The Walking Dead by Elizabeth Erwin,Dawn Keetley Pdf

From the beginning, both Robert Kirkman's comics and AMC's series of The Walking Dead have brought controversy in their presentations of race, gender and sexuality. Critics and fans have contended that the show's identity politics have veered toward the decidedly conservative, offering up traditional understandings of masculinity, femininity, heterosexuality, racial hierarchy and white supremacy. This collection of new essays explores the complicated nature of relationships among the story's survivors. In the end, characters demonstrate often-surprising shifts that consistently comment on identity politics. Whether agreeing or disagreeing with critics, these essays offer a rich view of how gender, race, class and sexuality intersect in complex new ways in the TV series and comics.

Author : Bruce Peabody,Gloria Pastorino
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476642628

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Beyond the Living Dead by Bruce Peabody,Gloria Pastorino Pdf

In 1968, George Romero's film Night of the Living Dead premiered, launching a growing preoccupation with zombies within mass and literary fiction, film, television, and video games. Romero's creativity and enduring influence make him a worthy object of inquiry in his own right, and his long career helps us take stock of the shifting interest in zombies since the 1960s. Examining his work promotes a better understanding of the current state of the zombie and where it is going amidst the political and social turmoil of the twenty-first century. These new essays document, interpret, and explain the meaning of the still-budding Romero legacy, drawing cross-disciplinary perspectives from such fields as literature, political science, philosophy, and comparative film studies. Essays consider some of the sources of Romero's inspiration (including comics, science fiction, and Westerns), chart his influence as a storyteller and a social critic, and consider the legacy he leaves for viewers, artists, and those studying the living dead.

Author : Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476672496

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Dharma of the Dead by Christopher M. Moreman Pdf

With the increased popularity of zombies in recent years, scholars have considered why the undead have so captured the public imagination. This book argues that the zombie can be viewed as an object of meditation on death, a memento mori that makes the fact of mortality more approachable from what has been described as America's "death-denying culture." The existential crisis in zombie apocalyptic fiction brings to the fore the problem of humanity's search for meaning in an increasingly global and secular world. Zombies are analyzed in the context of Buddhist thought, in contrast with social and religious critiques from other works. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} span.s1 {color: #212121}

Author : Jacqueline Elam,Chase Pielak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498543941

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Corpse Encounters by Jacqueline Elam,Chase Pielak Pdf

This book takes a critical glance at the ritualized practices of death—corpse preparation, disposal, and aesthetic representation—and examines the workings of aesthetics that shape corpses, as well as the ways in which corpses spill over, resisting aestheticization.

Author : Mark A. Fabrizi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781538166055

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Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature by Mark A. Fabrizi Pdf

Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries covering authors, subgenres, tropes, awards, organizations, and important terms related to horror.,

Author : John Heimbuch
Publisher : Samuel French, Incorporated
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573700141

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William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead by John Heimbuch Pdf

"London, 1599. Shakespeare's 'Henry V' opens the Globe Playhouse, but while the actors strut and fret, an excess of bile plagues the populace outside. After the opening of his newest play, William Shakespeare must once again defend his work--fending off the embittered clown Will Kemp while trying to appease Francis Bacon, a wealthy lawyer who has come with an idea to pitch. But when the company's costumer is bitten by a plague-ridden madman, and the Queen and her men arrive seeking safety, life in the playhouse takes a turn for the worse. As the affliction spreads through London, the Globe is placed in quarantine and the survivors within must fight for their lives. Can they escape? Is there a cure? Is artistic integrity ever worth dying for? A true and accurate account of the Elizabethan zombie plague"--P. [4] of cover.

Author : William Shakespeare,Simon Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0956925944

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Macbeth (With Zombies) by William Shakespeare,Simon Webb Pdf

Author : Lori Handeland
Publisher : Lori Handeland
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780997132441

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Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handeland Pdf

A fun-filled fantasy romp through Elizabethan England . . . It has been said that one man could not possibly have created all the works attributed to William Shakespeare. However, what if Shakespeare was not a man? What if Shakespeare was an immortal vampire? What if the Dark Lady of his sonnets was a zombie hunter? What if they met, fell in love, thwarted evil together . . .