Encounters With Death: A Compendium of Anthropomorphic Personifications of Death from Historical to Present Day Phenomenon - Softcover

Wendell, Leilah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944087094 ISBN 13: 9780944087091

Publisher: Westgate Pr, 1996

Synopsis

A unique compendium of anthropomorphic personifications of death from historical to present day phenomenon including traditional and non-traditional death encounters told in the words of those who have experienced this growing phenomenon.

About this title

About the Author:

Leilah Wendell is the world's foremost recognized researcher of Death personifications and encounters. Her name is synonymous with "necromantic", as it is she who coined the genre over a quarter century ago. Author of ten books and scores of articles on the subject, she is also a fine artists, poet and proprietor of The Westgate Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, the first and only gallery devoted exclusively to Necromantic Art & Literature and dedicated to the Angel of Death. Born in New York and best known for her ground-breaking title Our Name is Melancholy- The Complete Books of Azrael, and over twentyfive years of research and documentation via The Azrael Project, she currently resides in New Orleans, LA. in what is commonly referred to as "The House of Death".

Review:

Ms. Wendell's latest book "Encounters With Death" brings her subject closer to the mainstream... -- Fate magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Westgate Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0944087094
• ISBN 13: 9780944087091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 123