Twisting in the Wind : : The Murderess and the English Press / / Judith Knelman.
Women accused of murder in nineteenth-century England got bad press. Broadsides, newspapers, and books depicted their stories in gruesome detail, often with illustrations of the crime scene, the courtroom proceedings, and the execution. This sensational coverage fed the public appetite for stories o...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: Patterns and Perceptions
- 1. The Case of the Vanishing Murderess
- 2. The Popular Press
- Part Two: Murder
- 3. Multiple Murder
- 4. Murder of Husbands, Lovers, or Rivals in Love
- 5. Child Murder
- 6. Baby-Farming and Infanticide
- 7. Murder of and by Servants
- 8. Murder of the Elderly
- Part Three: Meaning
- 9. The Image of the Murderess
- 10. The Feminine Perspective
- 11. The Body of the Murderess
- 12. The Murder of the Murderess
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index