About this title: Since capital punishment was such a hotly debated issue in Europe during the early nineteenth century, and since crime, trials, and executions provided ideal material for the melodrama that characterizes French Romanticism, several authors of the period naturally exploited the death penalty in their works. Severed Heads and Martyred Souls examines the Romantics' obsession with capital punishment, analyzing its literary treatment in texts by Hugo, Lamartine, Eugene Sue, Dumas the elder, Vigny, Balzac, Stendhal, and Nodier. The book explores the effects of death sentences on character and plot ...
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Description: Fine. In very good condition with cover, spine and pages clean and intact. Neatly stored. International orders via air mail except large books. read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Coated and Printed Boards
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780820463537ISBN:0820463531
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Hardbound Text block, end papers and boards/spine solid, clean and unmarked. Book is still somewhat tight. read more
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