Murder Most Foul : : The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination / / Karen Halttunen.
Karen Halttunen explores the changing view of murder from early New England sermons read at the public execution of murderers, through the nineteenth century, when secular and sensational accounts replaced the sacred treatment of the crime, to today's true crime literature and tabloid reports.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The Murderer as Common Sinner -- 2 The Birth of Horror -- 3 The Pornography of Violence -- 4 The Construction of Murder as Mystery -- 5 Murder in the Family Circle -- 6 Murdering Medusa -- 7 The Murderer as Mental Alien -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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| Summary: | Karen Halttunen explores the changing view of murder from early New England sermons read at the public execution of murderers, through the nineteenth century, when secular and sensational accounts replaced the sacred treatment of the crime, to today's true crime literature and tabloid reports. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674038172 9783110442212 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674038172?locatt=mode:legacy |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Karen Halttunen. |