Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares
- ISBN-10
- 0313337810
- ISBN-13
- 9780313337819
- Pages
- 796
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- S. T. Joshi
Description
Offers entries on 24 of the significant archetypes of horror and the supernatural, from the classical epics of Homer to the novels of Stephen King.
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