Creatures of the Night - In Search of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves and Demons (Paperback)

Vampires and werewolves; phantoms and phantasms: looming out of the fog leaps the menacing spectre of the lycanthrope, ghoul or blood-crazed zombie. Intrigued by some of the most sinister, yet at the same time most compelling, legends of western civilization, Gregory L Reece dusts down his stake and crucifix, loads his silver bullets and takes off into the wilds in search of answers and fresh adventures. Rummaging around in crumbling tombs and cobwebbed sarcophagi, his latest quest leads him into the haunted realm of the dead and the undead: of those carnivorous, nocturnal hunters that might perhaps better be left undisturbed. Why, he asks, is our culture obsessed by the eerie and the macabre? Why, despite its horrors, does the 'dark side' of the supernatural - its seances and ghost-hunting, demonic possession and the occult - call to us with such dangerous allure? Whether tracking night-stalking werewolves, chanting black magic mantras with Satanists, or interviewing a funereal modern-day Count Dracula, Reece is determined to uncover the truth. A wry exploration of a secret and secretive subculture, "Creatures of the Night" is at the same time a bold and startling journey into a wraithlike world that has so often seemed to lie beyond the limits of rational comprehension - until now.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Gregory L Reece (Independent Scholar)
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 90mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-84885-385-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Monsters & legendary beings Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Monsters & legendary beings Promotions
LSN:	1-84885-385-8
Barcode:	9781848853850

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