Gospel of the living dead George Romero's visions of hell on earth
"For nearly forty years the zombie films of George A. Romero have presented viewers with hellish visions of our world overrun by flesh-eating ghouls. This rigorous but entertaining study shows how these films use Christian imagery from the Bible and Dante to probe deeper questions of human natu...
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Format: | UnknownFormat |
Sprache: | eng |
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Waco, Tex.
Baylor Univ. Press
2006
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Online Zugang: | Table of contents only Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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Zusammenfassung: | "For nearly forty years the zombie films of George A. Romero have presented viewers with hellish visions of our world overrun by flesh-eating ghouls. This rigorous but entertaining study shows how these films use Christian imagery from the Bible and Dante to probe deeper questions of human nature and purpose, while also giving a chilling and darkly humorous critique of modern, secular America that should be heeded by Christian and humanist alike."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | IX, 195 S. |
ISBN: | 1932792651 1-932792-65-1 9781932792652 978-1-932792-65-2 |