ISBN:
0299159205
,
0299159248
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 182 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Vampire
DDC:
398.21
Keywords:
Vampires
;
Vampires
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- The History of the Word Vampire -- The Vampire in Roumania -- The Romanian Folkloric Vampire -- East European Vampires -- In Defense of Vampires -- South Slavic Countermeasures against Vampires -- The Killing of a a Vampire -- The Greek Vampire: A Study of Cyclic Symbolism in Marriage and Death -- Forensic Pathology and the European Vampire -- Clinical Vampirism: Blending Myth and Reality -- The Vampire as Bloodthirsty Revenant: A Psychoanalytic Post Mortem -- Bibliography -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
The history of the word vampire / Katharina M. WilsonThe vampire in Roumania / Agnes Murgoci -- The Romanian folkloric vampire / Jan Louis Perkowski -- East European vampires / Felix Oinas -- In defense of vampires / John V.A. Fine, Jr. -- South Slavic countermeasures against vampires / Friedrich S. Krauss -- The killing of a vampire / Veselin Čajkanovič -- The Greek vampire : a study of cyclic symbolism in marriage and death / Juliette du Boulay -- Forensic pathology and the European vampire / Paul Barber -- Clinical vampirism : blending myth and reality / Philip D. Jaffé and Frank DiCataldo -- The vampire as bloodthirsty revenant : a psychoanalytic post mortem / Alan Dundes.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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