UID:
almafu_9960118507602883
Format:
1 online resource (188 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-80010-142-2
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1-80010-141-4
Content:
A survey of the motif of the revenant, showing how medieval themes and motifs persist today.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2021).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgements --
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Abbreviations --
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Note on Translations --
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Introduction 'The Graves, All Gaping Wide, Every One Lets Forth His Sprite' --
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1 The Corpse in Christianity: The Dead, Mostly Dead and Very Special Dead --
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2 The Religious Revenant --
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3 The Corpse as Admonition, Art and Bogeyman --
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4 The Reformed Revenant --
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5 The Dead Rise - in Literature --
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Conclusion --
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Envoi: In the Time of Plague --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-576-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9781800101418
