The Supernatural Revamped From Timeworn Legends To Twentyfirstcentury Chic Barbara Brodman Kathleen W Taylor Kollman James E Doan Simon Bacon Jessica Birch Scott Culpepper Paul E H Davis Sarah Heaton Darren Hibbs C Austin Hill by Barbara Brodman; Kathleen W. Taylor Kollman; James E. Doan; Simon Bacon; Jessica Birch; Scott Culpepper; Paul E. H. Davis; Sarah Heaton; Darren Hibbs; C. Austin Hill 9781611478655, 1611478650 instant download after payment.

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) and Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) focused on the vampire legend. The essays in this collection expand that scope to include a multicultural and multigeneric discussion of a pantheon of supernatural creatures who interact and cross species-specific boundaries with ease. Angels and demons are discussed from the perspective of supernatural allegory, angelic ethics and supernatural heredity and genetics. Fairies, sorcerers, witches and werewolves are viewed from the perspectives of popular nightmare tales, depictions of race and ethnicity, popular public discourse and cinematic imagery. Discussions of the "undead and still dead" include images of death messengers and draugar, zombies and vampires in literature, popular media and Japanese anime.