{"product_id":"books-of-the-dead-reading-the-zombie-in-contemporary-literature-9781496819062","title":"Books of the Dead: Reading the Zombie in Contemporary Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Lanzendorfer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Horror \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The zombie has cropped up in many forms--in film, in television, and as a cultural phenomenon in zombie walks and zombie awareness months--but few books have looked at what the zombie means in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tim Lanzend�rfer fills this gap by looking at a number of zombie novels, short stories, and comics, and probing what the zombie represents in contemporary literature. Lanzend�rfer brings together the most recent critical discussion of zombies and applies it to a selection of key texts including Max Brooks's \u003cem\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/em\u003e, Colson Whitehead's \u003cem\u003eZone One\u003c\/em\u003e, Junot D�az's short story \"Monstro, \" Robert Kirkman's comic series \u003cem\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand Seth Grahame-Smith's \u003cem\u003ePride and Prejudice and Zombies\u003c\/em\u003e. Within the context of broader literary culture, Lanzend�rfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lanzend�rfer contends that what zombies do is less important than what becomes possible when they are around. Indeed, they seem less interesting as metaphors for the various ways the world could end than they do as vehicles for how the world might exist in a different and often better form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46483815039127,"sku":"9781496819062","price":11184.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781496819062.jpg?v=1766320904","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/books-of-the-dead-reading-the-zombie-in-contemporary-literature-9781496819062","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}