The Vampire

Author: Alan Dundes
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0299159248

The Vampire: A Casebook

Vampires are the most fearsome and fascinating of all creatures of folklore. Download The Vampire: A Casebook from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. For the first time, detailed accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures are gathered in one volume by eminent folklorist Alan Dundes. Eleven leading scholars from the fields of Slavic studies, history, anthropology, and psychiatry unearth the true nature of the vampire from its birth in graveyard lore to the modern-day psychiatric patient with a penchant for drinking blood. The Vampire: A Casebook takes this legend out of the realm of literature and film and back to its dark beginnings in folk traditions. The essays examine the history of the word 'vampire' Romanian vampires; Greek vampires; Serbian vampires; the physical attributes Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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