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Author Michael-Berger, Lee, author

Title Modern murders : the turn-of-the-century's backlash against melodramatic and sensational representations of murder, 1880-1914 / Lee Michael-Berger
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2023

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge studies in cultural history
Contents Prologue: knocking at the gate of turn-of-the-century modernity -- Murder overkill -- Hilarious homicides- satirizing sensational murders -- "Craving for everything that is impossible in London" -- "The actual catastrophe": representing murder on the London stage -- A working class (tragic) hero is something to be -- The many murders of Stephen Phillips, the outdated modernist -- Epilogue: the big bloodless brawl prior to the big blood letting
Summary "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. This book will be of value to scholars and graduate students in a variety of research areas, as well as general readers interested in the role of murder as a central trope in modern art and culture"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Murder -- England -- London -- History
Murderers -- England -- London -- History
Murder -- History
Murderers -- History
HISTORY / Modern / General
HISTORY / Social History
Murder.
Murderers.
England -- London.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022055111
ISBN 9781003222668
1003222668
9781000874693
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