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1、Vampires,Burial,andDeathFolkloreandRealityPaulBarberThroughouttheworldthereisacommonbe-liefthatthedeadmayreturntolife.InEuropethemostexoticformofthisbeliefisthelegendofthevampire.Inthisengrossingbook,PaulBarbersurveyscenturiesoffolkloreaboutvampires—fromthetaleofasix
2、teenth-cen-turyshoemakerfromBreslauwhoseghostter-rorizedeveryoneinthecity,tothetestimonyofadoctorwhopresidedovertheexhumationanddissectionofagraveyardfullofSerbianvampires.Analyzingthesereports,Barberof-fersforthefirsttimeascientificexplanationfortheoriginofthevampir
3、elegends.TheaccountscompiledherebyBarberofex-humationsofsuspectedvampiresincludede-scriptionsofbloodonthelipsofthedeadbody,howthecorpsecriedoutwhenastakewasdrivenintoitsheart,andhowthecorpsepartlyrosefromthegrave.Thesedescriptionsledtofurtherassumptionsaboutvampires;
4、thataftercomingtolifeagain,theywouldpreyontheliving,suckingtheirbloodorkillingtheminotherways.Barberstudiesthedescriptionsofexhumedcadaversinlightofwhatisnowknownaboutforensicpathologyandshowsthattheyareclinicallypossible.Barberthusarguesthattheloreaboutvam-piresisan
5、elaboratefolk-hypothesisthatsoughttomakesenseoutofawidevarietyofnaturalphenomena,includingtheeventsofdecom-position.Hisbookwillbefascinatingreadingforscientistsandanthropologistsaswellasforeveryoneinterestedinfolklore.PaulBarber,aformerteacherofGermanlan-guageandfolk
6、loreatPrincetonUniversityandOccidentalCollege,isawriter.PrintedintheU.S.A.Vampires,Burial,andDeathVampires,Burial,andDeathFolkloreandRealityPAULBARBERYaleUniversityPressNewHavenandLondonPublishedwithassistancefromtheLouisSternMemorialFund.Copyright©1988YaleUniversity
7、.Allrightsreserved.Thisbookmaynotbereproduced,inwholeorinpart,includingillustrations,inanyform(beyondthatcopyingpermittedbySections107and108oftheU.S.CopyrightLawandexceptbyreviewersforthepublicpress),withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublishers.PrintedintheUnitedStateso
8、fAmericabyVail-BallouPress,Binghamton,N.Y.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataBarber,Paul,1941-Vampires,burial,anddeath:f
