naa a22 4500 510773710 CHVBK 20180411083223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12138-013-0323-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12138-013-0323-x Haskell Yasmin School of Humanities (M204), University of Western Australia, 6009, Crawley, WA, Australia aut Child Murder and Child's Play: The Emotions of Children in Jakob Bidermann's epic on the Massacre of the Innocents ( Herodiados libri iii , 1622) [Elektronische Daten] [Yasmin Haskell] This article explores the portrayal of emotions by non-heroic characters (women and children) in a Latin epic on the massacre of the innocents by renowned seventeenth-century Jesuit playwright, Jakob Bidermann. Bidermann's poem recreates the horrors of the biblical story in grisly detail, and yet it also contains vignettes of exquisitely observed psychological veracity, for example on the instinctive connection between mother and baby, on the passions of very young children, and on sibling rivalry. It is suggested that, notwithstanding its graphic treatment of a terrifying subject, the poem will have been considered suitable reading matter for young readers. Bidermann's representation of the emotions of children and youth is considered in the light of Jesuit ideology, education, and missionary activity. The style of the poem is discussed in its relation both to Jesuit and classical models, especially Virgil. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Jakob Bidermann nationallicence Neo-Latin epic poetry nationallicence Jesuit drama nationallicence Jesuit martyrs nationallicence Stanislaus Kostka nationallicence Virgil nationallicence Seneca nationallicence Ovid nationallicence Giambattista Marino nationallicence Francesco Benci nationallicence Emotions nationallicence Children nationallicence Horror in art and literature nationallicence Tragi-comedy nationallicence Massacre of the innocents nationallicence Rubens nationallicence Emblem books nationallicence International Journal of the Classical Tradition Springer Netherlands 20/3(2013-09-01), 83-100 1073-0508 20:3<83 2013 20 12138 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-013-0323-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-013-0323-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Haskell Yasmin School of Humanities (M204), University of Western Australia, 6009, Crawley, WA, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of the Classical Tradition Springer Netherlands 20/3(2013-09-01), 83-100 1073-0508 20:3<83 2013 20 12138 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer