The Mummy In Fact Fiction And Film

Author : Susan D. Cowie,Tom Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786431144

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The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film by Susan D. Cowie,Tom Johnson Pdf

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious, social and scientific aspects of mummies as well as an in-depth discussion of facts about them (largely Egyptian, but including other kinds of mummies). Then, how mummies are portrayed in fiction and in the movies is discussed. Stories and films in which the mummy is a focal character are listed.

Author : Basil Glynn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350129382

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The Mummy on Screen by Basil Glynn Pdf

The Mummy is one of the most recognizable figures in horror and is as established in the popular imagination as virtually any other monster, yet the Mummy on screen has until now remained a largely overlooked figure in critical analysis of the cinema. In this compelling new study, Basil Glynn explores the history of the Mummy film, uncovering lost and half-forgotten movies along the way, revealing the cinematic Mummy to be an astonishingly diverse and protean figure with a myriad of on-screen incarnations. In the course of investigating the enduring appeal of this most 'Oriental' of monsters, Glynn traces the Mummy's development on screen from its roots in popular culture and silent cinema, through Universal Studios' Mummy movies of the 1930s and 40s, to Hammer Horror's re-imagining of the figure in the 1950s, and beyond.

Author : Matt Cardin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610694209

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Mummies around the World by Matt Cardin Pdf

Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena. Mortality and death have always fascinated humankind. Civilizations from all over the world have practiced mummification as a means of preserving life after death—a ritual which captures the imagination of scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on all aspects of mummies: their ancient and modern history; their scientific study; their occurrence around the world; the religious and cultural beliefs surrounding them; and their roles in literary and cinematic entertainment. Author and horror guru Matt Cardin brings together 130 original articles written by an international roster of leading scientists and scholars to examine the art, science, and religious rituals of mummification throughout history. Through a combination of factual articles and topical essays, this book reviews cultural beliefs about death; the afterlife; and the interment, entombment, and cremation of human corpses in places like Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Additionally, the book covers the phenomenon of natural mummification where environmental conditions result in the spontaneous preservation of human and animal remains.

Author : Stephen Krensky
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822559245

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The Mummy by Stephen Krensky Pdf

Examines the history and popular culture surrounding a legendary monster, the Mummy.

Author : Roger Luckhurst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199698714

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The Mummy's Curse by Roger Luckhurst Pdf

A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy's curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.

Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780337166

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003 by Stephen Jones Pdf

The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.

Author : Jasmine Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134297955

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The Mummy's Curse by Jasmine Day Pdf

The most penetrating study of the curse ever conducted, The Mummy's Curse uncovers forgotten nineteenth-century fiction and poetry, revolutionizes the study of mummy horror films, and reveals the prejudices embedded in children’s toys. Examining original surveys and field observations of museum visitors demonstrate that media stereotypes - to which museums inadvertently contribute - promote vilification of mummies, which can invalidate demands for their removal from display. Jasmine Day shows that the curse's structure and meaning has changed over time, as public attitudes toward archaeology and the Middle East were transformed by events such as the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. The riddle of the 'curse of the pharaohs' is finally solved via a radical anthropological treatment of the legend as a cultural concept rather than a physical phenomenon. A must for anyone interested in this ancient and mystifying legend.

Author : Max Allan Collins
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 042517381X

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The Mummy by Max Allan Collins Pdf

Author : Julie M Schablitsky
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611324518

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BOX OFFICE ARCHAEOLOGY by Julie M Schablitsky Pdf

“How true is it?” is a common refrain of patrons coming out of movie theatres after the latest film on pirates, Vikings, or mummies. While Hollywood usurps the past for its own entertainment purposes, archaeologists and historians know a lot about many of these subjects, digging up stories often more fascinating than the ones projected on screen. This distinguished group of archaeologists select key subjects and genres used by Hollywood and provide the historical and archaeological depth that a movie cannot—what really happened in history. Topics include Egypt, the Wild West, Civil War submarines, Vikings, the Titanic, and others. The book should be of interest to introductory archaeology and American history classes, courses on film and popular culture, and to a general audience. Alternate Selection, History Book Club.

Author : Joy Giguere
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781621900399

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Characteristically American by Joy Giguere Pdf

Her articles have appeared in the Journal of the Civil War Era and Markers: The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies.

Author : Alison Peirse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857722645

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After Dracula by Alison Peirse Pdf

After Dracula tells of films set in London music halls and Yorkshire coal mines, South Sea Islands and Hungarian modernist houses of horror, with narrators that survey the outskirts of contemporary Paris and travel back in time to ancient Egypt. Alison Peirse argues that Dracula (1931) has been canonised to the detriment of other innovative and original 1930s horror films in Europe and America. By casting out the deified vampire, she reveals a cycle of films made over the 1930s that straddle both the pre- and post-regulatory era of the Hays Production Code an stringent censorship from the British Board of Film Censors. These films are indepenedent and studio productions, literary adaptations, folktales and original screenplays, and include Werewolf of London, The Man Who Changed His Mind, Island of Lost Souls and Vampyr. The book considers the horror genre's international evolution during this period, engaging with a number of European horror films that have hitherto received cursory attention. It focuses on the interplay between Continental, British and transatlantic contexts, and particularly on the intriguing, the obscure and the underrated.

Author : Brian J. Frost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015073910849

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The Essential Guide to Mummy Literature by Brian J. Frost Pdf

In The Essential Guide to Mummy Literature, Brian J. Frost provides the first in-depth survey and bibliography of works of fiction featuring mummies.

Author : Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis BUDGE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Egypt
ISBN : OXFORD:590178709

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The dwellers on the Nile, or, Chapters on the life, literature, history, and customs of the ancient Egyptians by Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis BUDGE Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780334462

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Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters Pdf

Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude! In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need women to help him solve mysteries -- at least that's what he thinks!

Author : Stephen Jones,Ramsey Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN : UOM:49015003322832

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones,Ramsey Campbell Pdf