The Vampire
by Montague Summers
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Any investigation into vampire legends leads inevitably to the works of Montague Summers (1880-1948), whose research and writings in the 1920s established him as the subject's preeminent authority. This study examines vampire lore in fantastic detail, constituting a record of folk beliefs unequaled in its sheer scope and depth. It features all the apparatus of an academic work, including footnotes and references to rare source documents, and it addresses such issues as how vampires came into show more existence, vampirish behavior, vampire-like ancient myths, and vampires in modern literature. Unabridged republication of the classic 1929 edition. Introduction. Bibliography. Index. show lessTags
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Being a rabid reader of most books vampiric, I came across this book and decided to give it a read. Originally published in 1929, this is a study of vampire stories and beliefs around the world. Montague Summers has covered pretty much all bases in the vampire field. I particularly enjoyed the introduction to the author by Felix Morrow as it shed some light on the person who wrote this book (quite passionate, to say the least). Summers writes almost fanatically about this subject -- very seriously for sure. I'm quite curious as well now to read his other books on witches, demons and the like.
Anecdotes of vampires throughout history
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- Original title
- The Vampire: His Kith and Kin
- Alternate titles
- The Vampire; Vampires and Vampirism
- Original publication date
- 1928
- People/Characters
- Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann; Robert Knox (doctor); William Burke; William Hare; Countess Elizabeth Bathory; Sawney Beane (show all 16); Algernon Blackwood; Thomas Boulle; Lord Byron; Arthur Conan Doyle; Bram Stoker; Dracula; Heinrich Kramer; Donatien Alphonse-François, Marquis de Sade; Blaise Ferrage; Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Important events
- Mass Suicide Epidemic (1666); Siege of Jerusalem; Walpurgis Night
- First words
- Throughout the whole vast shadowy world of ghosts and demons there is no figure so terrible, no figure so dreaded and abhorred, yet dight with such fearful fascination, as the vampire, who is himself neither ghost nor demon, ... (show all)but yet who partakes the dark natures and possesses the mysterious and terrible qualities of both.
Introduction: In all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)La théologie même en a parlé.
- Disambiguation notice
- Please do not combine this work with "The Vampire in Europe", also known as "The Vampire in Lore and Legend", it is a different work.
The Vampire has also been published under the titles: "The Vampire: His Kith and Kin... (show all)" ond "Vampires and Vampirism".
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- Genres
- General Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History
- DDC/MDS
- 398.45 — Social sciences Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore Paranatural and legendary phenomena as subjects of folklore Paranormal beings of human and semihuman form
- LCC
- GR830 .V3 .S8 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Folklore Folklore By subject Animals, plants, and minerals
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 22
- ASINs
- 8
