‘Her body is Divided From Her Head’: Beheading and Biblical Intertextuality in Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam
Elizabeth Cary’s play, The Tragedy of Mariam (1613), culminates with the execution by beheading of the play’s protagonist on the orders of her husband, the tyrannical Herod the Great. By executing Mariam, Herod attempts to re-establish his authority in Jerusalem after a rumour of his death has unlea...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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Literature and theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-223 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history |
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