Murderesses in German Writing, 1720-1860: Heroines of Horror
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Murderesses in German Writing, 1720-1860: Heroines of Horror (2013) by Susanne Kord.
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- The complete absence of verifiable evidence for either the bloodbaths or the 650 fatalities [of Elizabeth Báthory] has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm with which later authors have seized upon these features. Both already appear as indisputable facts in the earliest sources available in Germany, László Turóczi's Tragica Historia (1729) and Matthias Bel's The Castle and Town of Csejte (Burg und Stadt Csejte, 1742)
From the publisher:
- 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.
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See also
- Heroine des Grauens. Elisabeth Bathory by Michael Farin
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