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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Murder Most Foul : The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination / Karen Halttunen.
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
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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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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. bisacsh
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Murder Most Foul : The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination /
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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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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contents 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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