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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Halttunen, Karen, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
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 in literature
Murder
United States
Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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