crime and capital punishment in French romantic literature Poulosky, Laura creator author text xxu 2003 monographic eng

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223 pages "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. Laura Poulosky 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 840.9355 POU 9780820463537 0820463531 InACL 260928 20260928161057.0 221384 eng