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The Head of Satalia: A Romance Monstrously Birthed

Lipson, Joel

Studies in philology, 2022-09, Vol.119 (4), p.579-620 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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The Head of Satalia: A Romance Monstrously Birthed
Autor: Lipson, Joel
Assuntos: 12th century ; Analysis ; Folklore ; Historical text analysis ; Literary techniques ; Literature, Medieval ; Medieval literature ; Philology ; Romance fiction ; Romance literature ; Romances ; Supernatural ; Traditions
É parte de: Studies in philology, 2022-09, Vol.119 (4), p.579-620
Descrição: For medieval authors and modern scholars alike, the twelfth-century legend of the Head of Satalia represents something of a curious aberration. Retold and reimagined in many different literary contexts over several centuries, this etiological narrative of necrophilia, monstrosity, and supernatural destruction inhabits and exposes the overlap between multiple genres of medieval writing. But despite its uncertain origin and generic flexibility, the Satalia legend of the late medieval textual record owes much to the themes, motifs, and structural expectations of chivalric romance. This article examines and compares all known branches of the medieval legend for the first time, charting its development and arguing that the Head of Satalia represents a subversive, self-critical romance tradition much adapted by its inheritors.
Editor: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press
Idioma: Inglês

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