Author: Xerox Education PublicationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The Mummy Walks Among Us
Author: Xerox Education PublicationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The Mummy Walks
Author: Belli LuigiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Mummy on Screen
Author: Basil GlynnPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350129380
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The Mummy is one of the most recognizable figures in horror and is as established in the popular imagination as virtually any other monster, yet the Mummy on screen has until now remained a largely overlooked figure in critical analysis of the cinema. In this compelling new study, Basil Glynn explores the history of the Mummy film, uncovering lost and half-forgotten movies along the way, revealing the cinematic Mummy to be an astonishingly diverse and protean figure with a myriad of on-screen incarnations. In the course of investigating the enduring appeal of this most 'Oriental' of monsters, Glynn traces the Mummy's development on screen from its roots in popular culture and silent cinema, through Universal Studios' Mummy movies of the 1930s and 40s, to Hammer Horror's re-imagining of the figure in the 1950s, and beyond.
The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century
Author: Jane WebbPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464215294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Frankenstein wasn't the only classic horror novel created by a woman. Within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, another Englishwoman invented a foundational work of science fiction. Seventeen-year-old Jane Webb Loudon took up the theme of reanimation, moved it three hundred years into the future, and applied it to Cheops, an ancient Egyptian mummy. Unlike Shelley's horrifying, death-dealing monster, this revivified creature bears the wisdom of the ages and is eager to share his insights with humanity. Cheops boards a hot-air balloon and travels to 22nd-century England, where he sets about remedying the ills of a corrupt government. In recounting Cheops' attempts to put the futuristic society to rights, the young author offers a fascinating portrait of the preoccupations of her own era as well as some remarkably prescient predictions of technological advances. The Mummy! envisions a world in which automatons perform surgery, undersea tunnels connect England and Ireland, weather-control devices provide crop irrigation, and messages are transmitted with the speed of cannonball fire. The first novel to feature the concept of a living mummy, this pioneering tale offers an engaging mix of comedy, politics, and science fiction. Other books in the Haunted Library of Horror Classics series: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux The Beetle by Richard Marsh Vathek by William Beckford The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror by Arthur Conan Doyle Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
The Mummy Walks
Author: Belli LuigiThe Mummy Walks in Mayfair
Author: The Mummy's Curse
Author: Roger LuckhurstPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199698716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy's curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.
The Mummy Walks
Author: R. L. StinePublisher: Little Apple
ISBN: 9780590685207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The people of Jezekiah want their mummy back but Michael Clarke just wants his mummy--and daddy.
Mummies around the World
Author: Matt CardinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610694201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena. Mortality and death have always fascinated humankind. Civilizations from all over the world have practiced mummification as a means of preserving life after death—a ritual which captures the imagination of scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on all aspects of mummies: their ancient and modern history; their scientific study; their occurrence around the world; the religious and cultural beliefs surrounding them; and their roles in literary and cinematic entertainment. Author and horror guru Matt Cardin brings together 130 original articles written by an international roster of leading scientists and scholars to examine the art, science, and religious rituals of mummification throughout history. Through a combination of factual articles and topical essays, this book reviews cultural beliefs about death; the afterlife; and the interment, entombment, and cremation of human corpses in places like Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Additionally, the book covers the phenomenon of natural mummification where environmental conditions result in the spontaneous preservation of human and animal remains.
The Mummy Walks at Midnight
Author: Gemma PaulPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
The Mummy walks at midnight, that's what the stories say. Are you brave enough to follow him and see where he goes? Join him on his adventure in the first of the Kreepy Kids Collection.