{"product_id":"books-of-the-dead-reading-the-zombie-in-contemporary-literature-paperback","title":"Books of the Dead: Reading the Zombie in Contemporary Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Lanzendorfer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\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 Lanzendörfer fills this gap by looking at a number of zombie novels, short stories, and comics, and probing what the zombie represents in contemporary literature. Lanzendörfer 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 Díaz'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, Lanzendörfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lanzendörfer 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Lanzendörfer \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of American studies at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at the University of Mainz, Germany. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Professionalization of the American Magazine: Periodicals, Biography, and Nationalism in the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2013-2014 Research Society for American Periodicals' Book Prize, which recognizes the best title published by an academic press in the field of American periodical studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117233410183,"sku":"9781496821140","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/24e001609f0af295144913eb8fe8a12f.webp?v=1732522624","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/books-of-the-dead-reading-the-zombie-in-contemporary-literature-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}