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by Montague Summers
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ISBN: 0486439968 Dover Publications Price: $12.95 |
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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 existence, vampirish behavior, vampire-like ancient myths, and vampires in modern literature. Unabridged republication of the classic 1929 edition. Introduction. Bibliography. Index.
Table of Contents for Vampires and Vampirism
| The Quest for Montague Summers | |||||||
| I. The Origins of the Vampire | |||||||
| II. The Generation of the Vampire | |||||||
| III. The Traits and Practice of Vampirism | |||||||
| IV. The Vampire in Assyria, the East, and some Ancient Countries | |||||||
| V. The Vampire in Literature | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||
| Index |