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245 0 0 _aHeads will roll :
_bdecapitation in the medieval and early modern imagination /
_cedited by Larissa Tracy and Jefff Massey.
264 1 _aLeiden [The Netherlands] ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill.
264 4 _cc2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages, [15] pages of plates) :
_billustrations (chiefly color)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aMedieval and Renaissance authors and texts,
_x0925-7683 ;
_vv. 7
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tPreliminary Material --
_tIntroduction /
_rLarissa Tracy and Jefff Massey --
_tNon potest hoc corpus decollari: Beheading and the Impossible /
_rNicola Masciandaro --
_t“Like a Virgin”: The Reheading of St. Edmund and Monastic Reform in Late-Tenth-Century England /
_rMark Faulkner --
_tA Crowning Achievement: The Royal Execution and Damnation of Eadric Streona /
_rJay Paul Gates --
_tDecapitation, Martyrdom, and Late Medieval Execution Practices in The Book of Margery Kempe /
_rChristine F. Cooper-Rompato --
_tTalking Heads in Hell: Dante’s Use of Severed Heads in Inferno /
_rDwayne C. Coleman --
_tSevered Silence: Social Boundaries and Family Honor in Boccaccio’s “Tale of Lisabetta” /
_rMary E. Leech --
_tThe Headless Giant: The Function of Severed Heads in the Ahistorical (Aventiurehafte) Dietrich Epics /
_rTina Boyer --
_t“To be a ‘Fleschhewere’ ”: Beheading, Butcher-Knights, and Blood Taboos in Octavian Imperator /
_rRenée Ward --
_tThe Werewolf at the Head Table: Metatheatric “Subtlety” in Arthur and Gorlagon /
_rJefff Massey --
_t“So he smote of hir hede by myssefortune”: The Real Price of the Beheading Game in SGGK and Malory /
_rLarissa Tracy --
_t“At the time of his death”: The Contested Narrative of Sir Walter Ralegh’s Beheading /
_rAndrew Fleck --
_t“Killing Swine” and planting heads in Shakespeare’s Macbeth /
_rThomas Herron --
_t“Tucked Beneath Her Arm”: Culture, Ideology, and Fantasy in the Curious Legend of Anne Boleyn /
_rThea Cervone --
_t“Answering the Call of the Severed Head” /
_rAsa Simon Mittman --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex --
_tIllustrations.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aBeheading.
650 0 _aBeheading in literature.
700 1 _aTracy, Larissa,
_d1974-
700 1 _aMassey, Jeff.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tHeads will roll.
_dLeiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, c2012
_w(DLC) 2011045436
830 0 _aMedieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts
_v7.
830 0 _aEuropean History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223257.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004222281
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