Murderesses in German Writing, 1720-1860 - Heroines of Horror

Klappentext The way deviant women - murderesses, witches, vampires - are perceived and represented reveals much about what a society considers the norm for acceptable female behaviour. Drawing on extensive archival records and published texts, Susanne Kord investigates the stories of eight famous murderesses in Germany as they were told in legal, psychological, philosophical and literary writings. Kord interrogates the role of representation in legal judgment and the way the emancipation of women was perceived to be linked to their crimes. She demonstrates how perceptions of normal and criminal women permeated not only legal thought but also seemingly unrelated cultural spheres - from poetry, philosophy and physiognomy to early psychological profiling. A major work of German cultural history, this highly original book raises thought-provoking questions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century gender norms in ways that continue to resonate today. Zusammenfassung Drawing on extensive archival records and published texts! Susanne Kord investigates the stories of eight famous murderesses in Germany as they were told in legal! psychological! philosophical and literary writings. A major work of German cultural history! this highly original book raises thought-provoking questions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century gender norms. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Criminal women: on bodies, paradoxes, performances and tales; 2. The evil eye: witches; 3. The plague: vampires; 4. Pride: husband-killers; 5. Shame: child-killers; 6. The female self: poisoners; 7. The end: the etiquette of execution; Works cited; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Susanne Kord, Susanne (University College London) Kord, Kord Susanne
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9781107412606
• ISBN: 978-1-107-41260-6
• Seiten: 278
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, german, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form