Haunted by Leo Braudy
An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them
“MrBraudy’s narrative spans centuries, continents and genres high and low, from the Sirens that tempted Odysseus to the demons Sarah Michelle Gellar faced down in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”—Andrew Hazlett, Wall Street Journal
“Braudy is deft and comprehensive, a veritable Linnaeus of the underworldly oversoul. . . . He also has a kangaroo capacity for crossing huge distances at a bound, moving with equal zest and confidence among biblical, classical, medieval, Enlightenment and Hollywood figures and conceits.”—Gregory Maguire, New York Times Book Review
“A worthy book—impeccably researched, fluently written and dispassionate in just the way professional historians admire.”—Gerard DeGroot, Times (UK)
Finalist for the 2016 Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction category
“Braudy is deft and comprehensive, a veritable Linnaeus of the underworldly oversoul. . . . He also has a kangaroo capacity for crossing huge distances at a bound, moving with equal zest and confidence among biblical, classical, medieval, Enlightenment and Hollywood figures and conceits.”—Gregory Maguire, New York Times Book Review
“A worthy book—impeccably researched, fluently written and dispassionate in just the way professional historians admire.”—Gerard DeGroot, Times (UK)
Finalist for the 2016 Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction category
Leo Braudy is University Professor and Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the University of Southern California. His many books include The Frenzy of Renown and From Chivalry to Terrorism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300203806 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300203802 |
| Title | Haunted |
| Author | Leo Braudy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2017-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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