The Halloween Encyclopedia, 2d ed.
Seiten
2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6074-8 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6074-8 (ISBN)
Major entries include Samhain, witches, skeletons, the Day of the Dead, the jack-o'-lantern, and trick-or-treating. Hundreds of entries cover Halloween history and mythology, fortune-telling lore, harvest legends, and 20th century additions to the holiday's rituals.
A first edition of The Halloween Encyclopedia was published by McFarland in 2003 (Booklist: "a worthy addition to public and school libraries as well as the reference shelves of journalists and leaders of community events"); it was the first encyclopedic reference book on the cultural phenomenon (which also deals with such related holidays as Britain's Guy Fawkes Day, Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, and the Celtic celebration Samhain).
Now updated to 2010, this second edition includes more than 50 new entries, covering subjects ranging from Folk Art to African American legends. Many existing entries have been expanded and revised, with new entries ("Chronology of Halloween" and "Halloween in Literature and the Arts") in both appendices. Also featured are more than a dozen new illustrations, and an expanded bibliography.
A first edition of The Halloween Encyclopedia was published by McFarland in 2003 (Booklist: "a worthy addition to public and school libraries as well as the reference shelves of journalists and leaders of community events"); it was the first encyclopedic reference book on the cultural phenomenon (which also deals with such related holidays as Britain's Guy Fawkes Day, Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, and the Celtic celebration Samhain).
Now updated to 2010, this second edition includes more than 50 new entries, covering subjects ranging from Folk Art to African American legends. Many existing entries have been expanded and revised, with new entries ("Chronology of Halloween" and "Halloween in Literature and the Arts") in both appendices. Also featured are more than a dozen new illustrations, and an expanded bibliography.
Lisa Morton is a playwright, fiction and reference book author and screenwriter. A Bram Stoker Award winner for superior achievement in horror writing, she lives in North Hills, California.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Appendix I: Chronology of Halloween
Appendix II: Halloween in Literature and the Arts
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2011 |
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Zusatzinfo | 103 photographs |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 180 x 256 mm |
Gewicht | 481 g |
Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-6074-1 / 0786460741 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-6074-8 / 9780786460748 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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