Lee Michael-Berger

Modern Murders

The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder, 1880-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century, drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual, cultural, and artistic contexts of the period.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781032120218
• ISBN-10: 1032120215
• Artikelnr.: 67399885

Autorenporträt

Lee Michael-Berger is Head of the History Department at Beit-Berl College. Her research interests include modern British cultural history, theatre, and fin-de-siècle studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Knocking at the Gate of Turn-of-the-Century Modernity 1. Murder
Overkill 2. Hilarious Homicides: Satirizing Sensational Murders 3. "Craving
for Everything that is Impossible in London" 4. "The Actual Catastrophe":
Representing Murder on the London Stage 5. A Working Class (Tragic) Hero Is
Something to Be 6. The Many Murders of Stephen Phillips, the Outdated
Modernist Epilogue: The Big Bloodless Brawl Prior to the Big Blood Letting