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The complete text, including all the footnotes, of “THE VAMPIRE IN LITERATURE,” Summers' classic look at the history and most significant literary works of vampire fiction in poetry, stories, plays and novels. This book ... features an article on Montague Summers, “Minister of Fear.” Summers was an expert on occult subjects including demonology, witches and werewolves. He translated many obscure occult texts including the infamous witch-hunter's manual, Malleus Mallificarum. He is equally famous for editing several anthologies of supernatural fiction such as the Supernatural Omnibus and for writing the classic ghost story, “The Grimoire.” His thoughts on the Literary Vampire tale are always dead on target.
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Manchester is a vampire hunter and he is ... a bishop in one of the branches of the Catholic Church in England. (He makes me think of the famous late Montegue Summers who wrote many scholarly books about vampires, werewolves and witchcraft; he was also a bishop in the Catholic Church except from the photographs of Manchester he looks a good bit like a Lord Byron.) He writes about his encounter with a vampire in Highgate Cemetery (famous cemetery in London--it is a "must" see kind of place for anyone visiting there--very old and creepy--visit some of the many websites on the Internet with photographs of the place--in fact if you go here on this website there is a huge listing of websites for the Highgate Cemetery). Manchester's book is certainly one to add to a vampire collection. He operates Gothic Press. Do a search on Google or some other search engine--several links turn up for him. He publishes some interesting books.
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In East European folklore, a vampire is a bloated, blood-filled corpse which leaves its tomb, bringing disease and death. It is often assumed that the concept was unknown in England until imported (in glamorized form) by 19th-century novelists. However, William of Newburgh in the late 12th century recorded several contemporary accounts of active corpses, one of which corresponds perfectly to the folkloric vampire's appearance and behaviour (Historia Rerum Anglicarum, book V, chapter 24).
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There are several recent series in vampire fiction, of variable literary quality. They tend to either take the form of direct sequels (or prequels) to the first book published or detail the ongoing adventures of particular characters.
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Every poem, story, and article written in the vampire genre is probably listed in this book. There are ... several chapters devoted to the discussion of vampire literature. Vampire enthusiasts and scholars alike will want a copy for their reference library.
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All Paris flocked to see Le Vampire, and nightly the Porte-Saint-Martin was packed to the doors. Philippe and Madame Dorval were applauded to the echo by enthusiastic audiences who recalled them again and again after the final tableau. Even the book of the play had an immense circulation and every morning Barba's counter was freshly stocked with huge piles of the duodecimo, which rapidly diminished during the day.
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