Folk Beliefs and Popular Tales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20067608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Tarlow (0009-0008-5468-9137, University of Leicester, corresponding author), Emma Battell Lowman (University of Hertfordshire) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 213-237 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-77908-9_8 |
| OpenAlex | W2804279708 |
| ISBN | 9783319779089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Despite their relatively small number, the bodies of executed criminals exercised an impressive hold over the imaginations of writers, artists and storytellers. This chapter considers the range of artistic and creative afterlives of criminal bodies. Some criminals and their ends were remembered in anonymous folk ballads or ghoulish stories; others featured in works of published literature or art. The theatre of execution that was so significant in the late medieval and early modern periods remains a popular subject of artistic reinterpretation, as a brief discussion of the film Braveheart confirms
Aesthetics · Art · Ballad · Literature · Poetry · Reinterpretation · Visual arts · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |