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The Vampire, His Kith and Kin: - The History of Vampirism

Author : Augustus Montague Summers

Publisher : Iap - Information Age Pub. Incorporated

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 39,55 MB

Release : 2009-01-01

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 9788562022203

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Montague Summers (1880-1948) did a fantastic job researching the folklore and beliefs about vampires in many civilizations reading many books in different languages, including Greek, Latin, German, Italian (dialets), French, and English, to create one of the best works about vampires ever written and published. The author, a member of the Roman Catholic clergy, wrote numerous books about witches, vampires, werewolves, and other related subjects too. The Vampire, his Kith and Kin: The History of Vampirism is definitively a great book.



The Vampire

Author : Montague Summers

Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 45,47 MB

Release : 2013-05-17

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 9781484995686

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The Vampire: His Kith and Kin is an academic study of vampires. Its author, Montague Summers, was at one time an Anglican priest, although his later religious affiliation and status is unknown. Summers takes his study of the occult very seriously, genuinely believing that vampires, werewolves, witches and the like exist and citing evidence from a wide variety of sources.



The Vampire, His Kith and Kin

Author : Montague Summers

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Page : 540 pages

File Size : 14,70 MB

Release : 2011-05

Category : History

ISBN : 9781937002176

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In all the dark pages of the supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the vampire, a pariah even among demons. Summers offers a serious and fully documented study of how this absorbing subject and its lore came about.



The Vampire

Author : Montague Summers

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Page : 308 pages

File Size : 21,33 MB

Release : 2018-09-02

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ISBN : 9781727002928

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In all the dark pages of the supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons. Foul are his ravages; gruesome and seemingly barbaric are the ancient and approved methods by which folk rid themselves of this hideous pest. The tradition is world-wide and of the greatest antiquity. How did it arise? How did it spread? Does it indeed contain some vestige of truth, some memory of savage practice, some trace of cannibalism or worse? These and similar problems inevitably suggested by a consideration of Vampirism in its various aspects are fully discussed in this work which may not unfairly claim to be the first serious and fully documented study of a subject that in its details is of absorbing interest, although the circumstances are of necessity macabre and ghastly in the highest degree.



The Vampire

Author : Montague Summers

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Page : 394 pages

File Size : 44,44 MB

Release : 1928

Category : Vampires

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The Vampire, His Kith and Kin

Author : Montague Summers

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 48,17 MB

Release : 2009-04-14

Category : Vampires

ISBN : 9781442146631

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From appearances of vampires in literature, to stories from ancient civilizations, the book presents a definitive work on a subject that is also entertainment.



Vampire History and Lore

Author : Stuart A. Kallen

Publisher : Referencepoint Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 25,6 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Vampires

ISBN : 9781601521323

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"Throughout the whole vast shadowy world of ghosts and demons," Montague Summers wrote in his 1928 book Vampire: His Kith and Kin, "there is no figure so terrible, no figure so dreaded and abhorred, yet dight [adorned] with such fearful fascination, as the vampire." The "fearful fascination" that Summers refers to has not waned. In fact, vampire lore abounds-in books and movies, in history and in contemporary life-and today's teens are among the driving forces in what could be called vampire mania. The Vampire Library examines the world of vampires from a variety of perspectives including history, contemporary life, literature, and film. Lively narrative, personal accounts from the past and present, and strange facts will appeal to casual readers and student researchers alike. Source notes, a bibliography for further research, and index provide additional tools for readers and report writers. Book jacket.



The Vampire

Author : Montague Summers

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Page : 592 pages

File Size : 10,34 MB

Release : 2020-05-19

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1928. In the present work, Mr. Montague endeavored to set forth what might be termed the philosophy of vampirism, and however ghastly and macabre they may appear, he felt that here one must not tamely shrink from a careful and detailed consideration of the many cognate passions and congruous circumstances which, there can be no reasonable doubt, have throughout the ages played no impertinent and no trivial but a very vital and very memorable part in consolidating the vampire legend, and in perpetuating the vampire tradition among the darker and more secret mysteries of belief that prevail in the heart of man.



Vampire

Author : Montague Summers

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Page : pages

File Size : 42,67 MB

Release : 1960

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Vampires

Author : E. R. Vernor

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Page : 332 pages

File Size : 29,44 MB

Release : 2018-04-04

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ISBN : 9781548141363

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Eric Vernor continues to produce significant work on 'dark' subcultures from an emic perspective, and treats many artifacts of popular culture that have previously gone unanalyzed, offering a unique perspective into our fascination with the undead." ~ Joseph Laycock, Vampires Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism, Texas State University "...lucid and riveting. Even knowledgeable connoisseurs of the un-dead will find this retelling fresh and exciting." ~ John Edgar Browning Coauthor of Dracula in Visual Media Editor of The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker The Vampire, His Kith and Kin: A Critical Edition Vampires are beings of myth: folkloric creatures who live off the blood of the living and have been recorded in nearly every culture around the world since the beginning of man. This work traces the evolution of the vampire, from its roots in ancient mythology to obscure folk tales and legends, leading up to when these foul beings transformed into the suave Byronic heroes that continue to influence the world's view of the vampire today. It also examines key individuals in history involved in reshaping our concept of the creature. Popular culture is explored, along with the development of the vampire into the protagonist in plays and poems and novels.