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Author Barber, Paul, 1941- author.
Title Vampires, burial, and death : folklore and reality / Paul Barber.
Publisher New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2010.
Copyright date ©2010



Descript 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations
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Note "With a new preface."
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the 2010 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: Peter Plogojowitz -- II: The Shoemaker of Silesia -- III: Visum et Repertum -- IV: De Tournefort's Vrykolakas -- V: How Revenants Come into Existence -- VI: The Appearance of the Vampire -- VII: Apotropaics I -- VIII: Apotropaics II -- IX: Search and Destroy -- X: The Vampire's Activity -- XI: Some Theories of the Vampire -- XII: The Body after Death -- XIII: Actions and Reactions -- XIV: Hands Emerging from the Earth -- XV: Down to a Watery Grave
XVI: Killing the VampireXVII: Body Disposal and Its Problems -- XVIII: The Soul after Death -- XIX: Keeping Body and Soul Apart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Note English.
ISBN 9780300153484 (e-book)
0300153481
9780300153484
9780300164817 (pbk.)
0300164815
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Author Barber, Paul, 1941- author.
Subject Vampires.
Postmortem changes -- Folklore -- Folklore.
Dead -- Folklore -- Folklore.
Descript 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Note "With a new preface."
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the 2010 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: Peter Plogojowitz -- II: The Shoemaker of Silesia -- III: Visum et Repertum -- IV: De Tournefort's Vrykolakas -- V: How Revenants Come into Existence -- VI: The Appearance of the Vampire -- VII: Apotropaics I -- VIII: Apotropaics II -- IX: Search and Destroy -- X: The Vampire's Activity -- XI: Some Theories of the Vampire -- XII: The Body after Death -- XIII: Actions and Reactions -- XIV: Hands Emerging from the Earth -- XV: Down to a Watery Grave
XVI: Killing the VampireXVII: Body Disposal and Its Problems -- XVIII: The Soul after Death -- XIX: Keeping Body and Soul Apart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Note English.
ISBN 9780300153484 (e-book)
0300153481
9780300153484
9780300164817 (pbk.)
0300164815
Author Barber, Paul, 1941- author.
Subject Vampires.
Postmortem changes -- Folklore -- Folklore.
Dead -- Folklore -- Folklore.

Subject Vampires.
Postmortem changes -- Folklore -- Folklore.
Dead -- Folklore -- Folklore.
Descript 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Note "With a new preface."
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the 2010 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: Peter Plogojowitz -- II: The Shoemaker of Silesia -- III: Visum et Repertum -- IV: De Tournefort's Vrykolakas -- V: How Revenants Come into Existence -- VI: The Appearance of the Vampire -- VII: Apotropaics I -- VIII: Apotropaics II -- IX: Search and Destroy -- X: The Vampire's Activity -- XI: Some Theories of the Vampire -- XII: The Body after Death -- XIII: Actions and Reactions -- XIV: Hands Emerging from the Earth -- XV: Down to a Watery Grave
XVI: Killing the VampireXVII: Body Disposal and Its Problems -- XVIII: The Soul after Death -- XIX: Keeping Body and Soul Apart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Note English.
ISBN 9780300153484 (e-book)
0300153481
9780300153484
9780300164817 (pbk.)
0300164815

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