Thursday, August 07, 2008

A Book in Review – Buried Alive

Book Count: 62

Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear By: Jan Bondeson
Non-Fiction: history, medicine 282 pages 2001

As the title states this book is about the history of people being buried alive. It chronicles times when this fear was they highest, why it was so and what people did about it. There is also information on common buried alive myths and themes and books that use them. Including much on the works of Poe and even how Romeo and Juliet is a retelling of a popular story told long before Shakespeare. It also deals with how people could tell if one was dead at different times and how that affected this fear. Also I learned that taphophobia is the irrational fear of being buried alive.

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