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Calmet, los enterrados vivos y los falsos muertos: aportaciones a la creación del mito literario del vampiro = Calmet, the buried alive and the false dead: Contributions to the birth of the literary myth of the vampire
Author(s) -
Carme Agustí Aparisi,
Emilio Ángel Llorca Rodríguez
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista de humanidades
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2340-8995
pISSN - 1130-5029
DOI - 10.5944/rdh.32.2017.17579
Subject(s) - vampire , creatures , humanities , mythology , popularity , art , literature , history , psychology , archaeology , social psychology , natural (archaeology)

Resumen: La importancia del Tratado que escribió Calmet, en su época, es incuestionable por diversas razones: en primer lugar, por la popularidad y controversia que despertó entre los intelectuales y el pueblo en general; por la gran cantidad de información que revelará sobre el tema que nos ocupa en esta investigación: los falsos muertos y los enterrados vivos; y, porque con sus escritos, Calmet contribuirá a asentar las características del mito literario del vampiro. Sus minuciosas descripciones de los muertos en la tumba posibilitarán su influencia en la literatura vampírica del siglo XIX. Antropología y literatura convergirán en el Tratado de Calmet, ya que rastreando sus historias de falsos muertos se aportará información valiosísima para la creación de una de las criaturas más importantes de la literatura universal: el vampiro.

Abstract: The relevance of the Treatise written by Calmet, in his time, is undeniable for many reasons; first, because of the popularity and the controversy it caused amongst intellectual and general people; second, because of the large amount of information it provides on the subject of this research: the fake dead and the buried alive; and third, because with his writings, Calmet contributes to the establishment of the characteristics of the literary myth of the vampire. His detailed descriptions of the dead on their graves will later strengthen his influence in vampire literature of the nineteenth century. Anthropology and literature will converge in Calmet’s Treatise given that, by tracking his stories of the false dead, valuable information will be provided for the creation of one of the most important creatures in global literature: the vampire.

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