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Heads Will Roll: Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination

Heads Will Roll: Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination

Tracy, Larissa
Massey, Jeff

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004211551
ISBN13: 9789004211551
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 20 2012
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.57
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The decapitation motif recurs in nearly all medieval and early modern genres, from saints' lives and epics to comedies and romances, yet decollation is often little regarded, save as a marker of humanity (that is, as the moment mortality exits) or inhumanity (that is, as the moment the supernatural enters). However, as a seat of reason, wisdom, and even the soul, the head has long been afforded a special place in the body politic, even when separated from its body proper. Capitalizing upon the enduring fascination with decapitation in European culture, this collection examines--through a variety of critical lenses--the recurring roles/rolls of severed human heads in the medieval and early modern imagination.
Contributors are Nicola Masciandaro, Mark Faulkner, Jay Paul Gates, Christine Cooper-Rompato, Dwayne Coleman, Mary Leech, Tina Boyer, Renée Ward, Andrew Fleck, Thomas Herron, Thea Cervone, and Asa Simon Mittman. Preface by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen.

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