Leo Braudy is University Professor and Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the University of Southern California. His many books include The Frenzy of Renown and From Chivalry to Terrorism.
“Mr. Braudy’s narrative spans centuries, continents and genres high
and low, from the Sirens that tempted Odysseus to the demons Sarah
Michelle Gellar faced down in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”—Andrew
Hazlett, Wall Street Journal
“Braudy is deft and comprehensive, a veritable Linnaeus of the
underworldly oversoul. . . . He also has a kangaroo capacity for
crossing huge distances at a bound, moving with equal zest and
confidence among biblical, classical, medieval, Enlightenment and
Hollywood figures and conceits.”—Gregory Maguire, New York Times
Book Review
“A worthy book—impeccably researched, fluently written and
dispassionate in just the way professional historians
admire.”—Gerard DeGroot, Times (UK)
Finalist for the 2016 Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement
in Non-Fiction category
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