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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.

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Title The Supernatural Revamped: From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic
Author Barbara Brodman (Editor); James E. Doan (Editor); Contribution by Simon Bacon
Binding Hardcover
Pages 274
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Date 2016-04-20
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9781611478648 / 1611478642
Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Folklore, Legends
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016006639
Dewey Decimal Code 398.2

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Barbara Brodman is professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Nova Southeastern University.

James E. Doan is professor in the Department of Literature and Modern Languages at Nova Southeastern University.

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Hardback. New. This book presents the supernatural as a truly international phenomenon, not restricted to the original folk characters, their literary representations, or popular media. Instead, we move around the world and into the twenty-first century, reshaping legends into a post-modern image that is psychologically and socially relevant.