Introduction

Part 1: Imagining mortality. Mors, a critical biography ; Diagnosing death

Part 2: Corporeal revenants. Revenants, resurrection, and burnt sacrifice ; The Ancient army of the undead ; Flesh and bone : the semiotics of mortality

Part 3: The disembodied dead. Psychopomps, oracles, and spirit mediums ; Spectral possession

Conclusion.