Urban Legends by Nick Harding

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Summary

To many, Urban Legends are nothing more than harmless tales told round a camp fire, in a dormitory or round a table in a pub with the express aim of provoking a frisson of fear in the listener through the use of some horrific shock element in a familiar location and to an unlucky protagonist who is known to a friend of a friend of a...

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Urban Legends by Nick Harding

In this book, Nick Harding sets out to describe a host of Urban Legends suggesting that we should not dismiss them purely as nonsense nor accept them as gospel truth but by striving to understand their underlying meanings we begin to see their true worth as folklore for the modern world. To understand folklore and therefore the realm of the Urban Legend is to understand the psyche of a nation. By understanding Urban Legends we can gain insight into our own fears and those of our fellow human beings.
Nick Harding is an author, screenwriter, producer, comedy sketch writer and poet and is currently working on a number of film projects. He is the author of How to Start your own Secret Society, Urban Legends, Secret Societies and How to be an Atheist.
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ISBN 13 9781904048350
ISBN 10 1904048358
Title Urban Legends
Author Nick Harding
Series Pocket Essential Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oldcastle Books Ltd
Year published 2005-03-11
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.