{"product_id":"books-of-the-dead-tim-lanzendorfer-9781496821140","title":"Books of the Dead: Reading the Zombie in Contemporary Literature","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tim Lanzendfer 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fer brings together the most recent critical discussion of zombies and applies it to a selection of key texts including Max Brooks's \u003ci\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/i\u003e, Colson Whitehead's \u003ci\u003eZone One\u003c\/i\u003e, Junot D僘z's short story \"Monstro,\" Robert Kirkman's comic series \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and Seth Grahame-Smith's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice and Zombies\u003c\/i\u003e. Within the context of broader literary culture, Lanzendfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lanzendfer 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Lanzendfer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496821149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496821140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Tim Lanzendfer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054806561023,"sku":"9781496821140","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a77a546a-1a41-4a95-a2a9-b6d908d07447.jpg?v=1685032105","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/books-of-the-dead-tim-lanzendorfer-9781496821140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}