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Exceptional crime in early modern Spain : taxonomic and intellectual perspectives /

"Exceptional Crime in Early Modern Spain accounts for the representation of violent and complex murders, analysing the role of the criminal, its portrayal through rhetorical devices, and its cultural and aesthetic impact. Proteic traits allow for an understanding of how crime is constructed wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Río Parra, Elena del (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Colección:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 68.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A murder of crows
  • The taxonomic axis of fatality : from series of monsters to serial murderers
  • Sketching the face of evil : pioneering serial killers
  • On the edge : living between suicide and madness
  • Expressing criminal behavior
  • Dying in parts : criminography and the cult of excess
  • Cleaning the crime scene.