01713nam a2200325 i 4500 221384 InACL 20260928161057.0 260928s2003 xxu 0 eng d 9780820463537 0820463531 InACL eng rda InACL 840.9355 POU 23 Poulosky, Laura author Severed heads and martyred souls : crime and capital punishment in French romantic literature / Laura Poulosky New York : P. Lang, 2003 223 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "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 development, the language of the texts, and the overt or implicit moral and political messages of each author, and successfully demonstrates that reflecting upon the French Romantics' treatment of capital punishment is both important to understanding the Romantic movement, and instructive for current debate on the issue of capital punishment."--BOOK JACKET. French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Romanticism -- France. Capital punishment in literature. Capital punishment in literature French literature History and criticism Romanticism French literature, history and criticism, 19th century 633364 633364 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-28 0 840.9355 POU 221384 2026-09-28 16:10:57 2026-09-28 BK