Montague Summers
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| - | '''Augustus Montague Summers''' ([[10 April]], [[1880]] - [[10 August]], [[1948]]) was an eccentric [[England|English]] author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his [[1928]] English translation of the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[witch]] hunter's manual, the ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'', as well as for several studies on witches, [[vampire]]s, and [[werewolf|werewolves]], in all of which he professed to believe. | + | '''Augustus Montague Summers''' ([[10 April]], [[1880]] - [[10 August]], [[1948]]) was an eccentric [[England|English]] author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his [[1928]] English translation of the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[witch]] hunter's manual, the ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'', as well as for several studies on witches, [[vampire]]s, and [[werewolf|werewolves]], in all of which he professed to believe. He also wrote ''[[The Marquis de Sade: A Study in Algolagnia]]''. |
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| - | *''Essays in Petto'' 1933 | + | *''[[Essays in Petto]]'' 1933 |
| *''The Playhouse of Pepys'', 1935 | *''The Playhouse of Pepys'', 1935 | ||
| - | *''The Gothic Quest: a History of the Gothic Novel'' 1938 | + | *''[[The Gothic Quest: a History of the Gothic Novel]]'' 1938 |
| *''A Gothic Bibliography'' 1940 | *''A Gothic Bibliography'' 1940 | ||
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Augustus Montague Summers (10 April, 1880 - 10 August, 1948) was an eccentric English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his 1928 English translation of the medieval witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum, as well as for several studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He also wrote The Marquis de Sade: A Study in Algolagnia.
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Works
Among his works are:
Poetry and Drama
- Antinous and Other Poems, 1907
- William Henry (play), 1939
- Edward II (play), 1940
Prose fiction
- The Grimoire and Other Ghostly Tales, 1936
- Six Ghost Stories, 1937
- The Sins of the Fathers, 1947
- Supernatural Tales, 1947
Editions and translations
- Works of Mrs. Aphra Behn, 1915
- Complete Works of Congreve, 1923
- Complete Works of Wycherley, 1924
- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 1924
- The Complete Works of Thomas Shadwell, 1927
- Covent Garden Drollery, 1927
- Horrid Mysteries by the Marquis de Grosse 1927 (part of an incomplete edition of the Northanger Horrid Novels).
- The Necromancer of the Black Forest by 'Ludwig Flammenberg' 1927 (part of an incomplete edition of the 'Northanger Horrid Novels').
- Sinistrari's Demoniality, 1927
- The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, 1928
- The Discovery of Witches, 1928 by Matthew Hopkins (reprinted ISBN 0-404-18416-2)
- The Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo, translated by E.A. Ashwin, 1929
- Demonolatry by Nicolas Remy, translated by E.A. Ashwin, 1930
- The Supernatural Omnibus, 1931 (reprinted ISBN 0-88356-037-2)
- Victorian Ghost Stories, 1936
- The Complete Works of Otway, 1936
The occult
- The History of Witchcraft, 1926
- The Geography of Witchcraft, 1927 (reprinted ISBN 0-7100-7617-7)
- The Vampire: His Kith and Kin, 1928 (reprinted with alternate title: Vampires and Vampirism ISBN 0-486-43996-8)
- The Vampire in Europe, 1929 (reprinted ISBN 0-517-14989-3) (reprinted with alternate title: The Vampire in Lore and Legend ISBN 0-486-41942-8)
- The Werewolf, 1933 (reprinted with alternate title: The Werewolf in Lore and Legend ISBN 0-486-43090-1)
- A Popular History of Witchcraft, 1937
- Witchcraft and Black Magic, 1946 (reprinted ISBN 1-55888-840-3, ISBN 0-486-41125-7)
- The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism, 1947.
Other works
- St. Catherine of Siena, 1903
- Lourdes, 1904
- A Great Mistress of Romance: Ann Radcliffe, 1917
- Jane Austen, 1919
- St. Antonio-Maria Zaccaria, 1919
- Architecture and the Gothic Novel, 1931
- The Restoration Theatre, 1934
- Essays in Petto 1933
- The Playhouse of Pepys, 1935
- The Gothic Quest: a History of the Gothic Novel 1938
- A Gothic Bibliography 1940
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