Death and the Maiden, a concept ultimately derived from the Medieval "

Dance of Death The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...

", may refer to:

Drama

* ''Death and the Maiden'' (play), by Ariel Dorfman * ''Death and the Maiden'' (film), an adaptation by Roman Polanski *''Prinzessinnendramen: Der Tod und das Mädchen I-V'' (Princess Dramas: Death and the Maiden I-V), five theatrical plays by

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voi ...

Literature

* ''Death and the Maidens'', a biography of

Fanny Imlay Frances Imlay (14 May 1794 – 9 October 1816), also known as Fanny Godwin and Frances Wollstonecraft, was the illegitimate daughter of the British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the American commercial speculator and diplomat Gilbert Imla ...

* ''Death and the Maiden'' (novel), a 1947 novel by Gladys Mitchell * "Death and the Maiden", a 1960 short story by Ray Bradbury * ''Death and the Maiden'', a 1994 novel by

P. N. Elrod Patricia Nead Elrod (b. 1954) is an American novelist specializing in urban fantasy. She has written in the mystery, romance, paranormal, and historical genres with at least one foray into comedic fantasy. Elrod is also an editor, having worked on ...

* '' Batman: Death and the Maidens'', a graphic novel by Greg Rucka * ''Death and the Maiden'', a 1939 mystery novel by Q. Patrick

Music

* "Death and the Maiden" (song), composed by Franz Schubert in 1817 * ''

Death and the Maiden Quartet The String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810, known as ''Death and the Maiden'', is a piece by Franz Schubert that has been called "one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire". It was composed in 1824, after the composer suffered a s ...

'', an 1824 string quartet by Franz Schubert * ''Death and the Maiden Ballet'', a 1938 ballet by

Nikos Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas ( el, Νίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repert ...

* "Death and the Maiden" (The Verlaines song) * "Death and the Maiden Retold", a song by

The Imagined Village The Imagined Village is a folk music project founded by Simon Emmerson of Afro Celt Sound System. It is intended to produce modern folk music that represented modern multiculturalism in the United Kingdom and as such, featured musicians from a ...

from their self-titled debut album

Television

* "Death and the Maiden" (''The Vampire Diaries''), an episode of the television series ''The Vampire Diaries''

Visual arts

* ''Death and the Maiden'' (motif), a common motif in Renaissance art * ''Death and the Maiden'' (Baldung), a 1517 painting by German artist

Hans Baldung Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered th ...

* ''Death and the Maiden'' (Schiele), a 1915 painting by

Egon Schiele Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portr ...

* ''Death and the Maiden'', a sketch by

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...

* ''Death and the Maiden'', a painting by

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French people, French Painting, painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France". He became the co-founder and president of the Soci ...

* ''Death and the Maiden'', a 1908 painting by

Marianne Stokes Marianne Stokes (née Preindlsberger; 1855–1927) was an Austrian painter. She settled in England after her marriage to Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935), the landscape painter, whom she had met in Pont-Aven. Stokes was considered one of the le ...

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