Haunted

on ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies, and other monsters of the natural and supernatural worlds

First published:
21st century
Language: English

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Description

" ... this book explores how fear has been shaped into images of monsters and monstrosity. From the Protestant Reformation to contemporary horror films and fiction, he explores four major types: the monster from nature (King Kong), the created monster (Frankenstein), the monster from within (Mr. Hyde), and the monster from the past (Dracula). Drawing upon deep historical and literary research, Braudy discusses the lasting presence of fearful imaginings in an age of scientific progress, viewing the detective genre as a rational riposte to the irrational world of the monstrous. Haunted is a compelling and incisive work by a writer at the height of his powers"--Publisher.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Legendary beings and transformations, Occultism and esotericism, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Occultism and esotericism
Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the subtitle, “supernatural” in the subject metadata, and “supernatural” in the edition subtitle.
- “supernatural”· in subtitle
- “supernatural”· in subject
- “supernatural”· in edition subtitle
Witchcraft and folk magic
Retained metadata contains “witches” in the subtitle and “witches” in the edition subtitle.
- “witches”· in subtitle
- “witches”· in edition subtitle
Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “haunted” in the title, “Ghosts” in the subtitle, “haunted” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “ghosts”· via Wellcome Collection
- “haunted”· in title
- “Ghosts”· in subtitle
- “haunted”· in description
- “haunted”· in edition title
- “Ghosts”· in edition subtitle
Legendary beings and transformations
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “vampires”. Retained metadata contains “Vampires” in the subtitle and “Vampires” in the edition subtitle.
- “vampires”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Vampires”· in subtitle
- “Vampires”· in edition subtitle

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
on ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies, and other monsters of the natural and supernatural worlds Wellcome Collection bibliographic record xii, 306 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm	[2016]	Yale University Press	English	9780300203806 0300203802	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)