Murder most foul : the killer and the American Gothic imagination /

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"In Murder Most Foul, 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 religious treatment of the crime as the manifestation of sinful...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halttunen, Karen, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Temas:
Murder > United States > History.
Murder > United States > Case studies.
Murder in literature.
Gothic revival (Literature) > United States.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Meurtre > États-Unis > Histoire.
Meurtre > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Meurtre dans la littérature.
Nouvelles gothiques.
Littérature frénétique > États-Unis.
Gothic novels.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Murder.
United States.
Case studies.
History.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Murder Most Foul, 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 religious treatment of the crime as the manifestation of sinful human nature, to today's fascination with socio-psychological anatomies of murder."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-312) and index.
ISBN:9780674038172
0674038177

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