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The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism







Jan Louis Perkowski

Slavica Publishers, 1989 - 169 pages

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Unusual work of scholarship in this field

For those actually interested in the background of the folklore associated with vampires, this is a reasonably thorough and well researched ( if short ) work on the subject.

This work will be of interest to anyone with an anthropological bent, or with a strong interest in traditional folklore. Although the author wastes a bit of time in the first chapter tracing the migration of the traditional stories from the slavic world into Western European Novels and from there into modern pop culture, he then redeems himself with a reasonably thorough overview of the origins, social aspects and history of the traditional folktales and beliefs, as well as personal accounts of their continued existence in Serbia.

Overall, I would say that this book is worthwhile reading on the subject for those interested in the origins of these myths.


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An expert's perspective on vampire folklore

His students love him, but J. Perkowski can be a royal jerk, probably due to the subject of his expertise. Constantly solicited for information by self-proclaimed vampires and enthusiasts alike, he can be curt and unobliging to the most well-intentioned academic (such as myself). But that's personal.

Perkowski's book is the best on the subject. The folktales and true accounts he's unearthed are both fanciful and disturbing, all refreshingly lacking Western adulteration. In this relatively brief treatise Perkowski provides great incite into the evolution of one of our most intriguing myths. The Darkling is the sine qua non of the study of vampirism.


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Academic and fun!

For anyone seriously interested in where much of our vampire lore came from, this is an essential work. It is very good academic work, but at the same time easy and fun reading. It was out of print for a long time so I was happy to see that new copies have been made available. If you're interested in this sort of thing - buy it while you can.



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