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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. He also wrote ''[[The Marquis de Sade: A Study in Algolagnia]]''.+'''Augustus Montague Summers''' (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an [[English author]] and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on [[witchcraft]], [[vampire]]s, and [[werewolf|werewolves]], in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, published in 1928, of the 15th-century [[European witch hunts|witch hunter]]'s manual, the ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]''. He also wrote ''[[The Marquis de Sade: A Study in Algolagnia]]''.
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Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witchcraft, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, published in 1928, of the 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum. 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

The occult

Other works


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