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Children’s literature has predominantly been the domain of the Western vampire of European origins: But how do other cultures, like say the Japanese, approach the vampire legend in their literature for children? What sort of creatures... more
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      Vampire LiteratureVampirologyVampire StudiesVampires
Seria "Perspektywy Ponowoczesności" (t. VII): "Groza i postgroza" Świat stworzony przez Anne Rice jest jednym z najdokładniej opisanych i najbardziej interesujących wampirzych uniwersów. Wykreowana przez autorkę przestrzeń nie emanuje... more
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      American LiteratureGothic LiteratureGothic StudiesVampire Literature
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      Mythology And FolkloreSocial and Cultural AnthropologyEthnologyVampire Studies
SUMMARY: Broken into three focuses, I explore the history of the way we label vampires or striga, the earliest written variants, the historically written accounts of vampires, and the earlier fictional works of vampires. Please feel free... more
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampiresVampires in folklore
The whimsical text of an invited lecture/slide presentation to the "Uncanny October" series of events at the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, State College, PA, 7 October 2013
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      Forensic PsychologyMedical AnthropologyHumanitiesSocial Sciences
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      Vampire StudiesVampires in folkloreSlavic vampireEvolution of Vampires
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      HistoryCultural HistoryPhilosophy of ScienceHistory of Religion
ADAM MICKIEWICZ THE ROMANTIC OR A VISION IN BROAD DAYLIGHT... VAMPIRE This article aims to propose a new thesis interpretation on The Romantic of Adam Mickiewicz, under which the beloved Karusia – Jasieniek is a phantom, Polish vampire,... more
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      Vampire LiteratureVampires in folkloreSlavic vampirePolish romanticism
The identification of deviant burials as those of ‘vampires’ is a feature of excavated skeletons from sites across Eastern, Central and Southern Europe as well as the Balkans. Based on a close reading of historic and folkloric sources... more
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      ReligionChristianityMythology And FolkloreHistory
The article analyses two recent fictional reiterations of Count Dracula’s topos – namely, Alucard in Kouta Hirano’s Hellsing manga series (1997-2008) and Fifi/FAD (Florin Anghelescu Dragolea) in Alexandru Muşina’s novel Dracula’s Nephew... more
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      Popular CultureJapanese AnimeManga and Anime StudiesRomanian Literature
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD Katherine Ramsland EDITOR’S PREFACE NEW INTRODUCTION Rosemary Ellen Guiley PROLOGUE: MONTAGE SUMMERS AND THE VAMPIRE CASEBOOK Gerard P. O’Sullivan THE VAMPIRE IN EUROPE (1929): THE... more
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampires in Film and LiteratureReal vampires and biological causes
XVI efpofto col la fua vivacita di efpvcffioni, ed intrepidenna , mofe cost V animo pietofo del Papa, che convinto della fua innocenna e dell imp of ura altrui , il rimand'o alia fua Sede. Ritomato egli in Trani non fo.lo non portb odlo a... more
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      DemonologyVampire LiteratureWitchcraft (Anthropology Of Religion)Vampire Studies
Wampir na rozdrożach. Etymologia wyrazu upiór -wampir w językach słowiańskich [O] Wyraz upiór -wampir przyciąga uwagę etymologów od ponad stu lat', Na jego etymologię składają się właściwie trzy pytania: 1. jak wyraz ten rozprzestrze niał... more
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      Anthropological LinguisticsSlavic LanguagesEtymologyLinguistic Anthropology
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      Vampires in Film and LiteratureVampires in folkloreSlavic vampire
An addendum to Kamil Stachowski and Olaf Stachowski’s “Possibly Oriental Elements in Slavonic Folklore. Upiór ~ wampir” (2017). Etymological propositions involving Old Slavonic pirъ “a feast” are discussed: one by Jan L. Perkowski from... more
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      Mythology And FolkloreCultural HistoryEthnolinguisticsFolklore
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      FolkloreRussian MusicVampire LiteratureVampire Studies
Vampiria es el resultado de una larga investigación sobre el origen del género narrativo de vampiros en la literatura romántica y tardo-romántica. El volumen reúne veinticuatro cuentos, ordenados por año de publicación, cada uno de los... more
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      World LiteraturesComparative LiteratureRomanticismNarrative
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      Deviant burial (Archaeology)Vampire StudiesVampiresReal vampires and biological causes
"This article aims to propose a „vampiric” interpretation the most famous poetic drama by Adam Mickiewicz. Particular attention was given on Dresden’s part of the drama on grounds of „satanic song” sing by Konrad. This song is read as... more
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      RomanticismDeconstructionRomantic poetryVampire Studies
This paper examines the history of research on medieval deviant burials discovered in the area of Poland. The problem of unusual funerary practices (e.g. decapitations, prone burials or covering the corpses with stones) was acknowledged... more
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      Vampire LiteratureDeviant burial (Archaeology)Vampire StudiesVampires
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      Cultural History Of GhostsOttoman StudiesOttoman EmpireVampire Literature
The two creatures in the title have attracted the attention of ethnographers and etymologists alike for more than a century now, resulting in several theories, more than twenty etymologies, and no consensus. The present paper evaluates... more
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      Mythology And FolkloreFolkloreEthnographyEtymology
L’ail est bien connu pour son efficacité contre les vampires qu’il repousse aussi sûrement que l’eau bénite ou la croix du Christ. Ce que l’on sait moins, en revanche, c’est que cette arme anti-revenants était déjà en usage en Égypte... more
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      EgyptologyMagicGhostsCultural History Of Ghosts
This bibliograpy tries to give a representative survey of scholarship on the phenomenon of vampirism in European cultures (folklore and cultural studies, psychiatry and psychology, literary and film studies).
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampires in Film and LiteratureVampire Narratives
Review of Vampire Films Around the World, ed. James Aubrey, incl. article by Tatjana Aleksić
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampiresReal vampires and biological causes
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      Medieval HistoryDisability StudiesEarly Medieval ArchaeologyDisability History
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      Sociology Of DevianceAnglo-Saxon StudiesSlavic LanguagesAnglo-Saxon Studies (History)
Upiór (gdzie i jak się pojawia, jak go unieszkodliwić, jak szkodzi ludziom)
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      Mythology And FolkloreFolkloreDialectologyVampire Studies
В статье рассматриваются задачи и методика преподавания курса о славянских вампирах, рассчитанного на англоязычных студентов.
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampiresSlavic Studies
Comparative literature research -- an article on female vampires.
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      American LiteratureComparative LiteratureRomanticismLiterature
In:  Benjamin Baumann, Stefan Hoffmann, Maren Wilger [Hrsg.] (2013) Der Tod im Kulturvergleich. Süd- und Südostasiatische Perspektiven. SOA Working Papers No. 51.
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      Area StudiesSoutheast Asian StudiesDeath StudiesSocial and Cultural Anthropology
More info at: http://www.slavistickikomitet.ba/ (From December 5, 2014)
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      Languages and LinguisticsLiteratureSlavic LanguagesSlavonic Languages
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      Horror FilmVampire LiteratureRussian FilmVampire Studies
The "vampire" recognized in various parts of the world, especially in Russia and Eastern European countries, is described as a ghost or blood-sucking supernatural creature living in public accounts. Many etymological theories have been... more
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      VampiresSlavic vampireAnatolian Turkic Dialects
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      Slavic LanguagesVampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampires
Experience first documented occurrence of vampirism! Become a witness of vampire story, that happened in Kisilova village, Habsburg Empire, 1725 A.D. Based on true, documented events! 1
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      Eighteenth-Century literatureEighteenth Century HistoryVampire LiteratureVampire Studies
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      Buffy the Vampire SlayerVampires in Film and LiteratureVampires in folkloreSlavic vampire
Vampire wie den bekannten Grafen Dracula gibt es zwar nicht, aber sie üben eine nach wie vor erstaunliche Faszination aus. Deshalb kann es nicht verwundern, daß der Vampir in der Populärkultur eine große kulturwissen-schaftliche... more
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampires in folkloreSlavic vampire
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      Vampire StudiesVampiresVampires in Film and LiteratureSlavic vampire
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      Vampires in Film and LiteratureVampires in folkloreSlavic vampire
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      MusicMusic HistoryMusicologyArt History
Tomislav Longinovic has compiled and edited a collection of primary and secondary sources that reviews characteristics and representations of the vampire -- a cultural symbol known for its longevity and global spread.
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      Gothic Fiction and the horror filmSlavic vampire
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      Vampire StudiesSlavic vampireVampireAtypical Burial
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      Vampire StudiesVampires in folkloreSlavic vampire
Recenzja naukowa tomu zbiorowego "Oblicza wampiryzmu" pod red.  Anny Depty, Szymona Cieślińskiego i Michała Wolskiego, wyd. Wrocław 2018: Stowarzyszenie Badaczy Literatury i Kultury Popularnej „Trickster”.
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      Popular CulturePop CultureVampire LiteratureGothic Fiction and the horror film
Besprechung des Buches "Der Vampir. Ein europäischer Mythos" von Thomas M. Bohn (2016).
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      VampiresVampires in folkloreSlavic vampire
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      Vampire LiteratureVampire StudiesVampiresVampires in Film and Literature
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      Black Metal TheorySlavic vampireDoom metal
“I sense it even now. People thirst for it; the entire country is mad with desire for it…” A dying man’s cryptic letter catapults California college student Steven Roberts on a mystery-shrouded quest into the labyrinth of the war-torn... more
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      Vampire LiteratureVampirologyVampire StudiesSerbian Literature
Рахно Костянтин. Знахар Грицько Пайдун: слідами однієї слобожанської легенди // Етнічна історія народів Європи: Збірник наукових праць. – Київ: Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка, 2011. – Випуск 35. – С. 42-48.
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      Mythology And FolkloreArchaeologyFolkloreUkrainian Studies