Cargando…
Chemical crimes : science and poison in Victorian crime fiction /
"An exploration of poison's transformation into chemical crime in the nineteenth century and impact on crime fiction and Victorian perceptions of science. Examines the role of scientific criminals in the works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ellen Wood, Edward Bulwer Lytton, L.T. Meade, Charl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Columbus :
The Ohio State University Press,
[2019]
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "The science of murder": educating the female chemical criminal in L.E.L.'s Ethel Churchill and Bulwer's Lucretia
- Medical bluebeards: Gothic medicine and the poisoning doctor in the fiction of Ellen Wood
- Chemicalized bodies and criminal intent: unruly bodies and the limitations of forensic science in early detective fiction
- L.T. Meade's female mad scientists: science fiction and the transformation of the chemical criminal in fin de siecle detective fiction.